April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

In cable, pipe, and still-pot too, see copper’s luster “red,”
Helps “cyto c” give cells their zip, helps doorknobs kill bugs dead!
Helps “blue blood” lobsters prowl the sea,
Its carbonate makes verdigris;
Add tin for bronze, an Age thus born; add zinc for brass instead.
GROUP 11 TRANSITION METAL
Admittedly, elemental copper is more reddish-orange than a true red. But it’s one of only three metals on the periodic table that isn’t the typical silvery-gray color; the other two are the gold-colored metals cesium and gold.
Copper is second only to the ...