Chemistry: A Volatile History Chemistry: A Volatile History Chemistry: A Volatile History is a 2010 BBC documentary on the history of chemistry presented by Jim Al-Khalili. It was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual. Only in the last 200 years have we known what an element is – a substance that cannot be broken down further by chemical reaction. The Ancient Greeks, with no way of breaking open substances, could only base their ideas of the elements on what they could see: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. In the 16th century alchemists were busy trying to turn
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Editors-in-Chief are C.A. McCammon (University of Bayreuth, Germany), M. Matsui, University of Hyogo, Japan), M. Rieder, (Praha, Czech Republic), and P. C. Burnley (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA). Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media. The journal publishes articles and short communications on minerals or solids related to minerals and covers applications of modern techniques or new theories and models to interpret atomic structures and physical of chemical properties of minerals. Topics includes: general solid state spectroscopy, experimental and theoretical analysis of chemical bonding