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118 Useful Elements for Everyday Life
118 Useful Elements for Everyday Life
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Book Introduction
Beyond the complex periodic table, 118 elements tell a story of science in everyday life.

The world is made up of elements: water, air, light, and even ourselves.
From the rare metals in our smartphones to the trace elements in our cosmetics, our daily lives are a culmination of chemistry.
This book introduces the fundamental building blocks of the world, the 118 elements, not through textbook chemical symbols, but through perspectives familiar to us in our daily lives! From oxygen to rare earth elements, weapons of industrial warfare, the properties and uses of each element that powers our lives and industry are presented with hundreds of photos, making it easy to understand without complex explanations.
Let's explore the world of elements that form the foundation of the world with "118 Useful Elements for Daily Life."
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Preface 4

Chapter 1: Creating the World We Live In 7

Chapter 2: Elements Encountered in Life 118 25

Hydrogen (H) 26
Helium (He) 28
Lithium (Li) 30
Beryllium (Be) 32
Boron (B) 34
Carbon (C) 36
Nitrogen (N) 39
Oxygen (O) 41
Fluorine (F) 43
Neon (Ne) 45
Sodium (Na) 47
Magnesium (Mg) 49
Aluminum (Al) 51
Silicon (Si) 53
Phosphorus (P) 55
Sulfur (S) 57
Chlorine (Cl) 59
Argon (Ar) 61
Potassium (K) 63
Calcium (Ca) 65
Scandium (Sc) 67
Titanium (Ti) 69
Vanadium (V) 71
Chromium (Cr) 73
Manganese (Mn) 75
Iron (Fe) 77
Cobalt (Co) 79
Nickel (Ni) 81
Copper (Cu) 83
Zinc (Zn) 85
Gallium (Ga) 87
Germanium (Ge) 89
Arsenic (As) 91
Selenium (Se) 93
Bromine (Br) 95
Krypton (Kr) 97
Rubidium (Rb) 99
Strontium (Sr) 101
Yttrium (Y) 103
Zirconium (Zr) 105
Niobium (Nb) 107
Molybdenum (Mo) 109
Technetium (Tc) 111
Ruthenium (Ru) 112
Rhodium (Rh) 114
Palladium (Pd) 116
Silver (Ag) 118
Cadmium (Cd) 120
Indium (In) 122
Tin (Sn) 124
Antimony (Sb) 126
Tellurium.
Te) 128
Iodine (I) 130
Xenon (Xe) 132
Cesium (Cs) 134
Barium (Ba) 136
Lanthanum (La) 138
Cerium (Ce) 140
Praseodymium (Pr)142
Neodymium (Nd) 144
Promethium (Pm) 146
Samarium (Sm) 148
Europium (Eu) 150
Gadolinium (Gd) 152
Terbium (Tb) 154
Dysprosium (Dy) 156
Holmium (Ho) 158
Erbium (Er) 160
Thulium (Tm) 162
Ytterbium (Yb) 164
Lutetium (Lu) 166
Hafnium (Hf) 168
Tantalum (Ta) 170
Tungsten (W) 172
Rhenium (Re) 174
Osmium (Os) 176
Iridium (Ir) 178
Platinum (Pt) 180
Gold (Au) 182
Mercury (Hg) 184
Thallium (Tl) 186
Lead (Pb) 188
Bismuth (Bi) 190
Polonium (Po) 192
Astatine (At) 194
Radon (Rn) 195
Francium (Fr) 197
Radium (Ra) 198
Actinium (Ac) 200
Thorium (Th) 201
Protactinium (Pa) 203
Uranium (U) 204
Neptunium (Np) 206
Plutonium (Pu) 208
Americium (Am) 210
Curium (Cm) 211
Berkelium (Bk) 213
Californium (Cf) 214
Einsteinium (Es) 215
Fermium (Fm) 216
Mendelevium (Md) 217
Nobelium (No) 218
Lawrencium (Lr) 219
Rutherfordium (Rf) 220
Dubnium (Db) 221
Seaborgium (Sg) 222
Bohrium (Bh) 223
Hassium (Hs) 224
Meitnerium (Mt) 225
Darmstadtium (Ds) 226
Roentgenium (Rg) 227
Copernicium (Cn) 228
Nihonium (Nh) 229
Flerovium (Fl) 230
Moscovium (Mc) 231
Livermorium (Lv) 232
Tennessee (Ts) 233
Oganesson (Og) 234

Publisher's Review
〈118 Useful Elements for Daily Life〉 A Glance at the Basic Units That Make Up the World
Elements exist in everything we breathe, eat, wear, and use.
But for most people, elements still remain as difficult chemical symbols in textbooks.
〈118 Useful Elements in Life〉 is a book that breaks this rigid image and helps us discover new elements in our daily lives.
This book introduces the 118 elements in the periodic table with images that are familiar to us in our daily lives.
Each element is explained not only in terms of its own scientific properties, but also in terms of how it is used in the objects and environments we actually use.

For example, helium can be found in balloons and MRI machines, lithium in smartphone batteries, and silver in antibacterial masks and tableware.

It also covers the role of all elements that have deeply permeated our lives and industries, including rare earth elements, which are considered key to modern industry, as well as iron, copper, and silicon, and have supported human civilization and technological advancement.
Through this, readers can intuitively understand how elements with completely different properties, such as gold and oxygen, lithium and uranium, support our lives.

So, readers encounter 'living elements' in reality, not in a chemistry textbook.
A major feature of this book is the visual information using hexagonal graphs.
Each element is analyzed based on six criteria: rarity on Earth, necessity, economic value, risk, scope of application, and sustainability, allowing for comparison of its characteristics at a glance.

Additionally, each element is accompanied by a vivid photo, so you can understand its use at a glance without having to read complicated chemical explanations.
It is also interesting for non-science-savvy readers and has value as a visual learning resource for students.
〈118 Useful Elements in Life〉 introduces elements as ‘existences around us’ so that they can be more easily understood than ‘objects of learning.’
Therefore, it provides general readers with a curiosity about the elements, and young people who are new to science with a new perspective on the basic units that make up the world.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: November 5, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 236 pages | 172*235*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788959798087
- ISBN10: 8959798088

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