Lost elements : the periodic table's shadow side, The
Chemical elements Periodic law Chemistry
Oxford University Press
2020
EISBN 0199383367
Cover; The Lost Elements; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; Why Collect into One Volume the Discoveries of Elements that Have Been Shown to be Erroneous or Have Been Forgotten?; How "an Element" Became a "Chemical Element"; Is There Any Order to the Discoveries of the Elements?; The Development of the Periodic Table; Part I Before 1789: Early Errors and Early Elements; Prologue to Part I; I.1 The Beginning of a Long Series of Scientific Blunders; I.1.1 Terra Nobilis; I.1.2 Siderum and Hydrosiderum; I.1.3 Sydneium or Australium
I.1.4 The Element That BreathesI.1.5 The Birth of Homeopathy; I.2 The Elements Hidden by Alternative Names; I.2.1 Metallum Problematicum or Tellurium; I.2.2 Ochroite or Cerium; I.2.3 Ceresium or Palladium; I.2.4 Erythronium, Panchromium or Vanadium; Part II 1789-1869: From Lavoisier to Mendeleev: The First Errors at the Dawn of the Concept of the Chemical Element; Prologue to Part II; II.1 Analytical Methodology from Lavoisier to Mendeleev; II.1.1 Blowpipe Analysis; II.1.2 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis; II.1.3 Electrolysis; II.1.4 Emission Spectroscopy
II.2 The Elements of the Kingdom of NaplesII.2.1 Ruprecht and Tondi: Two Metallurgists Without Metals; II.2.2 Playing Bingo with Five Elements; II.2.3 The Extraction Procedure of the New Metals; II.2.4 Right or Wrong, Was Tondi the Victim of a Sworn Enemy?; II.2.5 The Elements that Replaced Those of Tondi; II.2.6 Possible Present-Day Interpretations; II.2.7 Revolution Offers a Second Career Possibility; II.3 Austrium: One Element, Two Elements, Three Elements, and Finally, Zero Elements; II.3.1 The First Fleeting Attempt to Name an Element Austrium; II.3.2 Austrium: A Posthumous Element
II.3.3 The "Austrian Element" of a Czech ChemistII.3.4 A Third "Split" for Bohuslav Brauner; II.4 The Return of the Olympians: Silene, Aridium, Saturnum, Pelopium, Dianium, Neptunium, and Plutonium; II.4.1 Silene; II.4.2 Aridium; II.4.3 Saturnum; II.4.4 Pelopium; II.4.5 Dianium; II.4.6 Neptunium; II.4.7 Plutonium; II.5 The Unfortunate Affair of a Student of Kant: A Career Soldier, but a Chemist by Passion; II.5.1 Niccolanum; II.5.2 The Road from Oblivion; II.6 André-Marie Ampère Bursts onto the Chemistry Scene; II.6.1 "Phtore"; II.7 Cadmium: "Bone of Contention" Among Chemical Elements
II.7.1 A Related Discovery Increases the Confusion: VestiumII.8 A Fireproof Family of Chemists; II.8.1 Chemistry as the Common Denominator; II.8.2 The Most Improbable of the Chemical Elements; II.9 A Bridge of False Hopes Between Divinity and False Elements; II.9.1 Crodonium; II.9.2 Wodanium; II.9.3 False Elements Exchanged for Another False Element; II.9.4 Ptene; II.9.5 Donarium; II.10 Gahnium, Polinium, and Pluranium; II.10.1 Gahnium; II.10.2 Polinium and Pluranium; II.11 Aberdonia and the "Sweet" Map of Oblivion; II.11.1 Donium; II.11.2 Treenium
II.11.3 The Discovery of an Already Known Element?
Throughout its formation, the periodic table has seen false entries, good-faith errors, retractions, and dead ends; in fact, there have been more elemental 'discoveries' that have proven false than there are current elements on the table. This book collects the most notable of these instances, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. The book tells the story of how scientists have come to understand elements, by discussing the failed theories and false discoveries that shaped the path of scientific progress.
I.1.4 The Element That BreathesI.1.5 The Birth of Homeopathy; I.2 The Elements Hidden by Alternative Names; I.2.1 Metallum Problematicum or Tellurium; I.2.2 Ochroite or Cerium; I.2.3 Ceresium or Palladium; I.2.4 Erythronium, Panchromium or Vanadium; Part II 1789-1869: From Lavoisier to Mendeleev: The First Errors at the Dawn of the Concept of the Chemical Element; Prologue to Part II; II.1 Analytical Methodology from Lavoisier to Mendeleev; II.1.1 Blowpipe Analysis; II.1.2 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis; II.1.3 Electrolysis; II.1.4 Emission Spectroscopy
II.2 The Elements of the Kingdom of NaplesII.2.1 Ruprecht and Tondi: Two Metallurgists Without Metals; II.2.2 Playing Bingo with Five Elements; II.2.3 The Extraction Procedure of the New Metals; II.2.4 Right or Wrong, Was Tondi the Victim of a Sworn Enemy?; II.2.5 The Elements that Replaced Those of Tondi; II.2.6 Possible Present-Day Interpretations; II.2.7 Revolution Offers a Second Career Possibility; II.3 Austrium: One Element, Two Elements, Three Elements, and Finally, Zero Elements; II.3.1 The First Fleeting Attempt to Name an Element Austrium; II.3.2 Austrium: A Posthumous Element
II.3.3 The "Austrian Element" of a Czech ChemistII.3.4 A Third "Split" for Bohuslav Brauner; II.4 The Return of the Olympians: Silene, Aridium, Saturnum, Pelopium, Dianium, Neptunium, and Plutonium; II.4.1 Silene; II.4.2 Aridium; II.4.3 Saturnum; II.4.4 Pelopium; II.4.5 Dianium; II.4.6 Neptunium; II.4.7 Plutonium; II.5 The Unfortunate Affair of a Student of Kant: A Career Soldier, but a Chemist by Passion; II.5.1 Niccolanum; II.5.2 The Road from Oblivion; II.6 André-Marie Ampère Bursts onto the Chemistry Scene; II.6.1 "Phtore"; II.7 Cadmium: "Bone of Contention" Among Chemical Elements
II.7.1 A Related Discovery Increases the Confusion: VestiumII.8 A Fireproof Family of Chemists; II.8.1 Chemistry as the Common Denominator; II.8.2 The Most Improbable of the Chemical Elements; II.9 A Bridge of False Hopes Between Divinity and False Elements; II.9.1 Crodonium; II.9.2 Wodanium; II.9.3 False Elements Exchanged for Another False Element; II.9.4 Ptene; II.9.5 Donarium; II.10 Gahnium, Polinium, and Pluranium; II.10.1 Gahnium; II.10.2 Polinium and Pluranium; II.11 Aberdonia and the "Sweet" Map of Oblivion; II.11.1 Donium; II.11.2 Treenium
II.11.3 The Discovery of an Already Known Element?
Throughout its formation, the periodic table has seen false entries, good-faith errors, retractions, and dead ends; in fact, there have been more elemental 'discoveries' that have proven false than there are current elements on the table. This book collects the most notable of these instances, stretching from the nineteenth century to the present. The book tells the story of how scientists have come to understand elements, by discussing the failed theories and false discoveries that shaped the path of scientific progress.
