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Page numbers in bold calcite 42 copernicium 107
indicate a main entry. B calcium 42–43, 44–45, 199 Copernicus, Nicolaus 107
californium 125, 199
A Badlands National Park, USA cameras 40, 110, 148 copper 68–69, 70–71
92
cosmetics 51, 162, 163
cancer 86
covalent bonds 17
Balard, Antoine–Jérôme 185
acid rain 169 balloons 21, 191 cans 149 crocoite 57, 150
actinides 119 bank notes 113 carbon 140–141, 142–143, Crookes, William 138
actinium 119, 120, barite 48 145 cryolite 178
121 carbon monoxide testers 82
barium 36, 48–49 cubic zirconia 115
aerogel 147 cars 25, 79, 197
barometers 101 Curie, Marie 51, 124,
aeschynite 122 cassiterite 149
bastnasite 110 174
aircraft 54, 133, 134–135 catalytic converters 82, 83
batteries 25, 59, 86 Curie, Pierre 51, 174
airships 191 caves 43, 59
battery acid 169 curium 124
alchemy 9 celestine 168
bauxite 132 cutlery 85
alkali metals 23 ceramics 47, 172, 179
benitoite 48 cyclotron particle accelerator
alkaline earth metals berkelium 124 cerium 11, 111 122, 127
37 chalcopyrite 68
beryllium 38–39
aluminium 132–133, chalk 43
134–135 Berzelius, Jacob 11 Chandra X-ray Observatory D
Alvarez, Luis Walter bicycles 78, 143 (CXO) 93
93 bismuth 152, 162–163, 187 Dalton, John 11
chemical reactions 16–17
americium 123 bleach 181 Damascus Steel 56
amethyst 146 body armour 55 china 159 Danakil Depression 170–171
anaesthesia machines Bohr, Niels 104 chlorine 180–181, 182–183 darmstadtium 106
197 chloroform 181
bohrium 104 dating (rock) 33
Andes Mountains, Peru bombs 21, 174 chlorophyll 41
28–29 chromite 57 Davy, Humphry 10, 46, 48
Boric acid 131 Dead Sea 184
anglesite 150 chromium 57
bornite 68 death masks 97
antimony 161 chrysoberyl 38
boron 129, 130–131
apatite 159 cinnabar 100
Boyle, Robert 9
aphthitalite 30 circuit boards 80, 85, 147
braggite 82
aquamarine 38 clay 131
Brand, Hennig 158
aragonite 42 Cleve, Per Teodor 115 Laboratory sample
brimstone 168 of pure chromium
argenite 84 clocks 34
bromine 184–185
argon 195 clouds 85
brookite 55
Armbruster, Peter 104 coal 142
Buddha 98
arsenic 160 cobalt 52, 64–65
Bunsen, Robert 11, 34
artificial joints 55, 64, coins 67, 83, 84
88 buses 21 colloids 17
astatine 187 columbite 77
astronauts 97 C combustion 166
Atlas V (rocket) 167 compasses 93
atom bombs 174 cadmium 86 compounds 17
atomic clocks 34 caesium 11, 34 conductors 68,
atoms 12–13 calaverite 96 75, 133
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