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Brief text and illustrations explain the properties of water and its uses.

Upon the death of her father, Eleanor Robinson falls victim to her stepmother, a cruel Elemental Master of Earth, until heroic pilot Reginald Fenyx returns home, and together these two lost souls must find the courage to overcome evil.

By water logic, a cow doctor becomes a politician. A soldier becomes a flower farmer. A lost book contains a lost future. The patterns of history are made and unmade. Amid assassinations, rebellions, and the pyres of too many dead, a new government forms in the land of Shaftal-a government of soldiers and farmers, scholars and elemental talents, all weary of war and longing for peace. But some cannot forget their losses, and some cannot imagine a...

The Lanthanides and Actinides are an intriguing mix of naturally occurring and man-made elements. This book introduces the reader to these engrossing elements, taking an in-depth look at their properties and myriad uses. Scientists are still finding uses for some of the lanthanides and actinides, and readers are taken right into the lab to see some interesting potential future uses.

The Halogen elements are among the most reactive on the periodic table-and in their natural forms, they are highly poisonous. Halogens are used for a variety of purposes, including the sterilization of water and making disinfectants. This book chronicles the efforts of brave scientists to discover and isolate these elements, examines compounds formed by halogens, and takes a close look at their atomic structure.

The majority of elements on the Periodic Table are able to mingle with other, thereby forming molecules, mixtures, compounds, and new substances. Some elements, however, are "unreactive" and don't mix easily with other elements. In this latter category fall the Noble Gases, so-called because they show an almost aristocratic reserve, standing at a remove from other elements. Readers will learn that while aloof, the noble gases have many practical uses-including...

Readers will enter the strange and mysterious world of the trans actinides, which have atomic numbers of 104 and higher. They are the largest and heaviest of all the elements. Because of this, they are sometimes called the super-heavy elements. Unlike most of the other elements, the trans actinides do not exist in nature but are, with great difficulty, created in the lab. Even more odd, they only exist for a few seconds at most before falling apart....