Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Kragh, Helge (1944-....)
Titre(s) : From transuranic to superheavy elements [Texte électronique] : a story of dispute and creation / Helge Kragh
Publication : Cham, Switzerland : Springer, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 ressource en ligne : fichiers PDF
Collection : SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology
Lien à la collection : SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology (Online)
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is
not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists.
But it is a most interesting story which deserves to be known also to historians,
philosophers, and sociologists of science and indeed to the general public. This is
what the present work aims at. It tells the story or rather parts of the story, of
how physicists and chemists created elements heavier than uranium or searched for
them in nature. And it does so with an emphasis on the frequent discovery and naming
disputes concerning the synthesis of very heavy elements. Moreover, it calls attention
to the criteria which scientists have adopted for what it means to have discovered
a new element. In this branch of modern science it may be more appropriate to speak
of creation instead of discovery. The work will be of interest to scientists as well
as to scholars studying modern science from a meta-perspective
Sujet(s) : Éléments transuraniens
Éléments superlourds
Indice(s) Dewey :
546.44 (23e éd.) = Éléments transuraniens (chimie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319758138. - ISBN 3319758136. - ISBN 9783319758121 (erroné). - ISBN 3319758128
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458082768
Notice n° :
FRBNF45808276
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Beyond Uranium, Ca. 1890â#x80; #x93; 1950; Abstract; 1.1
Introduction; 1.2 Early Speculations; 1.3 Atomic Calculations; 1.4 From Fermi to Seaborg;
References; 2 Transuranic Alchemy; Abstract; 2.1 Four More Elements; 2.2 An Island
of Stability?; 2.3 Superheavy Elements in Nature?; 2.4 Motivations; References; 3
On Element Discoveries; Abstract; 3.1 General Considerations; 3.2 Nobelium, A Controversial
Element; References; 4 Failed Discovery Claims; Abstract; 4.1 Marinovâ#x80; #x99;
s Superheavy Elements; 4.2 The Ninov Affair; References; 5 The Transfermium Wars;
Abstract
5.1 A Brief Tour from ZÂ =Â 104 to ZÂ =Â 1095.2 Criteria for Discovery; 5.3 The Case
of Seaborgium; References; 6 Super-Superheavy Elements; Abstract; 6.1 The Heaviest
Elements So Far; 6.2 Names; 6.3 The Lighter Side of the Heaviest Elements; References;
7 Some Philosophical Issues; Abstract; 7.1 Between Physics and Chemistry; 7.2 The
Discovery of an Element; 7.3 Does Oganesson Exist?; References; Name Index; Subject
Index
