Elemental Chemistry

        There are some confusing questions that may pop up in our mind, especially when they are related to elemental chemistry. The followinf examples of frequently asked questions are, “why iron that was originally a mineral can be separated and then can be used as metallic appliances?”, then “Why does the sea contains salt and what is that?” And, “why does the radioisotope which radiates the tissues of cell, like cobalt-60 exactly either treat cancer or trigger cancer?”, and the last one, “How does X-ray scan our bones?” Perhaps not all of those questions we can answer correctly if we know nothing. In chemistry discipline, there is a subject called elemental chemistry. A study which explains certain elements corresponding to the elements in the periodic table, also explains the ways of how the elements being processed, and obviously the product substances of each elemental reaction.

          For the first time, when looking at the periodic table, it can be confusing. Starting to the shape which the top looks like abnormal stairs, and then random colors that looks like random art (but it’s better). They increase our pure curiosity (unless the readers are very ignorant). However, the periodic system has been developed and changed from time to time. The scientist who grouped the element in a method that is used in periodic table development now was a Russian chemist named Dmitri Mendeleev. Since then, the next scientists have been developing the periodic system until today. The periodic table you can see in books or laboratories, is a kind of modern periodic system, the periodic table stuff that we use in our chemistry class.

        In elemental chemistry, we will discuss various elements in the periodic system including their percentage in this universe, their atomic characteristics, their reactions, their source of minerals, the uses in our daily life, and don’t forget processing methods to obtain what everybody wants from the chemical elements in this life.

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