Icon of chemistry: the periodic system of chemical elements in the new century

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3404-3415

  Wang, Shu Guang ^a,b   Eugen Schwarz, W H ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION; HARD SCIENCE; NOBLE GAS; PERIODIC SYSTEM; PERIODIC SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS;

INERT GASES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 70349928899     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800827     Document Type: Article

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