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From Arsenic to Zirconium
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From Arsenic to Zirconium

by Peter Davern
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English
No Starch Press
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TUNGSTEN (OR WOLFRAM), W

BULBS OF LIGHT

Oh tungsten’s hewn from heavy stone, while wolfram wolfs down tin,

GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL

[hewn: past participle of the verb to hew — to cut with blows of a heavy cutting tool]

[to wolf down: verb (informal) — to eat rapidly without consideration for manners or etiquette]

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ISBN: 9781098122669