How can you make rubies and sapphires from aluminum? What is black diamond? How do LCDs work? Find out the answers to these and other fascinating questions in ‘Aluminum and the Elements of Group 13’. This book describes the properties of aluminum that at one time made it more valuable than gold. It shows how aluminum and its compounds are used in the transportation, medicine, and food and drink industries. Other elements discussed include boron, gallium, indium, and thallium. The trends in density and melting point as you go down this group are described and demonstrated by the interesting ways these elements and their compounds are used.
- ISBN10 0431170029
- ISBN13 9780431170022
- Publish Date 11 February 2005 (first published 5 February 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Capstone Global Library Ltd
- Imprint Raintree
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English