SUMMARY
The periodic table is indeed like a map since it is highly organized, and contains elements that make up matter in the universe, like a castle with distorted materials. Eighteen columns and seven horizontal rows, one hundred and twelve elements. Most elements are metals, and a few on the right are nonmetals. Elements are substances that cannot be divided into smaller substances by normal chemical means. Table is like a map from east to west. Noble gasses, they are in the farther right, the east. The alkaline metals are on the far left. There is always a missing half even in science. Elements interact with each other making bonds. All atoms have electrons and each element needs a certain number of electrons to complement their outer shells. As they share electrons, they form ions, and they do this in order to fill in the outermost level of their shells and form ionic compounds. With this, electrons are the particles that determine the radioactivity of an element. Helium all the other Noble gases are independent and cannot react with anything under normal conditions. “West” of the Halogens, are the ones that can interact. The electrons are the smallest subatomic particle of an atom. Most of an atom is filled of empty space. One can know how the elements can combine by looking at the Periodic Table, and knowing the components of the elements.
Acids contain Hydrogen and pH+ means that a proton is left over. Bases are the electron donors. Acids, the receivers. Acidity measured by the pH scale to which there are fourteen levels seven being neutral water. From six to one, the substance will be an acid. From eight to fourteen, the substance will then be a base. Dropping from one to three boosts an acid ten times. Strongest and gentlest acid is made out of Boron, has a pH of eighteen, and it is one of the most stable substances that nearly becomes Helium without taking away electrons from other elements. Columns three to twelve are the transition metals. Elements always have one more electron than the element to the left. Elements store electrons in a very specific way. The first shell is called the “S” shell (spherical), and has two electrons on it. Then “P” shell, with six electrons adding up to the “S” shell to form eight electrons in total. The transition metals then have “D” shells having ten electrons. Adding electrons affects the reactions and transition metals sometimes hide their electrons not allowing other elements to react with them. The two rows on the bottom, the Lanthanides, have “F” shells.
The nucleus makes up for more of the atom’s mass. Unpaid woman professor, Dr. Meyer, studied the nucleus of an atoms, and found out that there are not always the same number of neutrons as they were protons or electrons. The difference of neutrons, which in combination are the mass of an element, are called isotopes. After experiments, she found the Magic nuclei in which there were shells inside the nucleus forming its shape. She found out how some nuclei are perfectly spherical and stable, like Oxygen, which relates to their abundance, and how we humans even have these minerals. Elements are more similar within columns, than in rows.
The nucleus makes up for more of the atom’s mass. Unpaid woman professor, Dr. Meyer, studied the nucleus of an atoms, and found out that there are not always the same number of neutrons as they were protons or electrons. The difference of neutrons, which in combination are the mass of an element, are called isotopes. After experiments, she found the Magic nuclei in which there were shells inside the nucleus forming its shape. She found out how some nuclei are perfectly spherical and stable, like Oxygen, which relates to their abundance, and how we humans even have these minerals. Elements are more similar within columns, than in rows.
REFLECTION
Chapter one is a very descriptive, metaphorical, and easy to learn introduction to the world of chemistry. The way it is told, is more casual, personal, and interesting. It makes connections with human feelings as it involves comedy, action, passion and excludes science until the end. It is interesting to see the periodic table and the elements personalized, instead of simple substances that one must learn.
As I heard the audio, it made it interesting and fun, but even rewind after rewind, and reading after reading, I found the part of the acids quite confusing. There were some random facts that I found to be intriguing and that if I had a “bae” (which gladly I don’t), I would tell; I can still tell it to my friends anyway! The cooling of a phone to extreme temperatures and an ever-lasting battery, seems very promising, since, let’s be realistic, phones and other electronic devices have become a necessity now a day. Just look at this, I am doing homework on an electronic device instead of paper. We have evolved. Science has limits. When I was small, like my niece, I would love to believe in magic. When I discovered science, I thought everything was possible and that there were no limits. Now after hearing the joke of the acid, I believe that limits upon science are necessary, since we can bring about our own destruction with it. The fact that called my attention the most in the book, was that when Helium is cooled down to extreme temperatures, it becomes a liquid that defies gravity (now I know how they did it in the movie “Now You See Me 2”). In my imagination, that is very imposible, but science can be both unpredictable and surprising!
As I heard the audio, it made it interesting and fun, but even rewind after rewind, and reading after reading, I found the part of the acids quite confusing. There were some random facts that I found to be intriguing and that if I had a “bae” (which gladly I don’t), I would tell; I can still tell it to my friends anyway! The cooling of a phone to extreme temperatures and an ever-lasting battery, seems very promising, since, let’s be realistic, phones and other electronic devices have become a necessity now a day. Just look at this, I am doing homework on an electronic device instead of paper. We have evolved. Science has limits. When I was small, like my niece, I would love to believe in magic. When I discovered science, I thought everything was possible and that there were no limits. Now after hearing the joke of the acid, I believe that limits upon science are necessary, since we can bring about our own destruction with it. The fact that called my attention the most in the book, was that when Helium is cooled down to extreme temperatures, it becomes a liquid that defies gravity (now I know how they did it in the movie “Now You See Me 2”). In my imagination, that is very imposible, but science can be both unpredictable and surprising!
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