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Element in the room : investigating the atomic ingredients that make up your home / Mike Barfield ; illustrated by Lauren Humphrey.

by Barfield, Mike.

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Laurence King Publishing, c2018.

Atoms -- Juvenile literature.

Atomic theory -- Juvenile literature.

Chemical elements -- Juvenile literature.

Chemical elements -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Periodic law -- Tables -- Juvenile literature.

64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Did you know that without the 'lead' in your pencil, there would be no life on Earth? Or that diamonds and coal are both made from exactly the same thing? Or that the deadly ingredient used to make the most dangerous weapon in history can also be found in your bottled water? Absolutely everything in the universe is made up of just 92 elements! And from aluminum to zinc, many of these atomic ingredients can be found in your very own home. This funny and fascinating guide to the elements is bursting with brilliant facts about the ingredients that make up everything around us. Join the great scientific sleuth Sherlock Ohms as he explores the elements hiding in your home, and help his enquiries with explosive scientific experiments. Ohms' investigation will sort the isotopes from the allotropes, put the Able into Periodic Table, and electrify your electrons! Along the way, Atomic Comics show you the savvy scientists who discovered the elements and their extraordinary effects.

Humphrey, Lauren.

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