Kasamba:
Stwertka, Albert. A Guide to the Elements. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.
My first source was very useful it provided useful information that was the same if not similar to my other sources. The book was published in 2002 and as far as I know not much has changed in the world of chemistry in the last 13 years, at least something that would pose any issues to my answers. It was very useful in finding uses for the elements I researched, that was something that some of other my resources did not have much of , so it did fill up some gaps. One thing it did not have was the history of the elements which I covered using other sources. The publisher was Oxford so one can assume that the author is as renounced as the publisher. It was easy to understand but not extremely simple so it was pretty mid-way for its audience. It has a 4/5 on goodreads and Google books, so according to people who read it its pretty good.
Gray, Theodore W., and Nick Mann. The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. New York: Black Dog & Leventha70l :, 2009. Print
My second source could have been much better. Theodore Gray is a prominent non-fiction science author. This book was made in 2009 and it is still pretty accurate. The book itself is pretty popular, but I would say that is because it is mostly pictures. The content could have been more extensive, for each element there was a summary related to the element and a couple pictures. If you ask me it could have included some more insight into the elements. Based off of the majority of pictures and simplicity of the summaries I would say this book is at the middle school level. It does show images that back up some of the things described by my other sources. It may have a 4/5 on Google books but I say that it should have a 2/5, I was very disappointed.
“Periodic Table.” – Royal Society of Chemistry. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/>.
I would say this was the best of my sources. This website is made by the Royal Chemistry Society, a scientific organization based in the United Kingdom whose goal is to raise the knowledge of the overall populous about chemistry. It has all of its information in an organized simple format; out of all of my sources this website has had the most information. It was made for all people so there was no problem with finding what I was specifically looking for. Being a charity organization for science, I trust that it presented to me the most correct and factual information, there was even a works cited for each element I looked for on its page. It covered practically everything but economic values; I got those from other sites. There was a problem with the history of a certain element but this was different all across the board so I went with the one I most believed in.
“The Periodic Table.” Periodic Table of Elements and Chemistry. Web. 25 Feb. 2015. <http://www.chemicool.com/>.
This source was pretty good source. I can’t say who made it; I can assume it was made by a Dr. Doug Stewart. He is mentioned at the beginning of each article or every element. Dr. Doug Stewart is a PhD wielding chemistry professor, so I trust him and the chemcool website. I found that he had lots to say on the history of elements, and listed his sources near the end of the page. There is even a comment section for each element, there was everything from thank yous, to questions asking for a deeper insight that I assume was added to the page later on. It covered everything except the uses, there wasn’t all that much on uses in this website but everything else was there. There was also a conflict of the history of Platinum on this sight, but it had more information so I used it.
“Chemical Elements.” Chemical Elements. Web. 25 Feb. 2015. <http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/>.
This website was very useful for the uses of elements. It is run by Advameg Inc, a company that runs lots of websites. Like my other website it did cite its sources, but it seemed to use information that was outdated. The images on the page were kind of like smudged looking, you couldn’t really figure out what it was; you only knew what it was because of the caption. It was very lengthy in the writing; I say they could have gotten to the point of things quicker. If they did anything great it was the uses of elements, they went in to great detail on the uses on the elements and backed it up, they even went into the history of using the elements for these purposes. To be honest it could have been better but it was pretty good, all it was really missing was the history. Like my other websites there was a conflict with the history of Platinum.
Shane:
A Guide to the Elements, Albert Stwertka – New York City – Oxford University Press, Inc. – 2002 – 2nd Ed. – Vol. 1
I happened to get this book in the classroom. The author, Albert Stwertka, has several other scientific books written ranging from physics to elemental chemistry. The publisher, Oxford University, is a world renowned university and I would hope that they know their stuff because of that. Along with the author’s biography, these things convinced me that the book was reliable.
“Group 18: The Noble Gases.” – Chemwiki. Web. 24 Feb. 2015. :<http//chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Inorganic_Chemistry/Descriptive_Chemistry/p-Block_Elements/Group_18:_The_Noble_Gases>.
This website is marked EDU, which is a reliable way to tell if the source is dependable. It contains several scientific texts from universities and colleges, and all of them are recognized and legitimate. It also has a variety of subjects, ranging from analytical to biological chemistry and more. These reasons lead me to believe the source is not bogus in any way, and the information I used all seemed realistic.
“Neon.” – Element Information, Properties and Uses. Web. 24 Feb. 2015. <http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/10/neon>.
The suffix on the link, .ORG, is an indication that the website is reliable. The publisher, the Royal Society of Chemistry, is a widely known organization that has a reputable knowledge about chemistry. It provides access to many different scientific journals, websites, books, and databases from the internet. This proves that the website is a very knowledgeable and dependant source.
Web. 24 Feb. 2015. <http://science.marshall.edu/castella/chm448/elements2.pdf>.
This is a scientific document that depicts the properties and uses of Carbon. It gave me insight on the discovery and origination of Carbon, how it formed, and the vitality of it to life as it exists. The ending, again, .EDU is a good indicator that it is a reliable source, and the authors are unknown to me. I checked the data I used from this source and it proved accurate, so I would definitely recommend it and consider it reliable.
Zach:
Cancer.net. American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2/2013. Web. 2/22/2015.
This is another reliable source of information for this project. This website is founded by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which is a highly reputable organization. There are no advertisements and it is a .net site instead of a .com site where people are trying to make money. This site takes donations, so they don’t need to derive money through ads. This source gives basic information on what radiation is, and then works its way to how radiation therapy works.
“History of Radiation Therapy.” UC San Diego School of Medicine. n.d. Web. 2/23/2015
This source gives information about the history of radiation therapy. This is very helpful because it tells you about the origins or radiation and how it turned into radiation therapy. This is a reliable source because it comes from the San Diego School of Medicine which is highly reputable.
Johnson Darko. US National Library of Medicine. v.34. National Institute of Health, 4/2009. Web. 2/22/2015.
This source is a very good source that provides lots of information on the role that cobalt-60 plays in radiation therapy. The source itself is very strong because it is overall supported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which is a national organization. It is also tied to the National Institute of Health, like the other source I found. Another characteristic of this site is that it has very few ads. The information is very clearly stated, the page even has an abstract in the beginning so that you can know what you’re going to be reading about. This is a professional way to go about informing people of a complicated procedure like radiation therapy.
“Radiation Therapy for Cancer.” National Cancer Institute. National Institute of Health, Web. 2/22/2015.
This source is a very reliable source because it comes from the National Cancer Institute, which is a foundation ran by the National Institute of Health. This webpage on radiation therapy gives tons of strong, vital information when researching what a radiation therapist does for a cancer patient. There isn’t one single advertisement on this whole website, once again making me believe that it is a truly reliable source. This is a helpful source of information to help me answer my question concerning a career having to do with a certain element, mine chosen being cobalt (and the isotope cobalt-60). The website is very easy to access and is professional and looks appealing. It makes it very easy to find the answer that you may be looking for.
Stwertka, Albert. A Guide to the Elements. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Press.
This book provides information on all of the known elements, including the one that I am most concerned with, Cobalt. It is a professionally written book that covers every known element and gives a description of it and states the scientific speculations and characteristics. This is a very good source that gives lots of vital information for any element that you may want to know something about. This will be a very effective helpful source to allow me to answer questions and gather information about radiation therapy involving cobalt.
“Uranium Mines and Mills Subject to Strict Regulations.” Canadian Nuclear Association. CAN, 2015. Web, 17 Feb. 2015.
This source is a strong source that gives lots of valuable information on the regulations that nuclear power plants are forced to follow and the radiation technician’s job to keep it in check. All aspects of uranium mining are watched closely by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, (CNSC) and they need special licensing as well to make sure that they correspond with the international standards on radiation. This resource is helpful with my question about picking a career having to do with an element, the one chosen being uranium, because it shows how important it is for the radiation technician to regulate the uranium exposure to the environment.
This is a strong source because it is a government regulated organization. The regulations that these nuclear power plants must oblige to the international standards. The Canadian Nuclear association made this article to show how strict the regulations are for nuclear power plants. The person that has to analyze this is the radiation technician, they are the ones checking that the limit is below regulations.
Jacob
“Sodium.” Chemicool Periodic Table. Chemicool.com. 18 Oct. 2012. Web. 2/24/2015 <http://www.chemicool.com/elements/sodium.html>.
The following source was very excellent. All of the information included in this website was gathered and placed on her for people to use if they needed information. It also includes a mla citation for the website which is good. The information written here is all proven facts and results from data collected by scientist and he included links from which he got his information.
“Rubidium.” – Element Information, Properties and Uses. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
This source I used was very helpful and very informative. It had information that was based off of researchers and scientist results of each element. It is a collection of information relating the element and what this element does and what makes it up. There where also videos and references about where he got his information.
“Chemistry Explained.” Calcium, Chemical Element. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
The following source had everything I needed to do my essay’s. It had lots of information that related to the subject I was doing. It was a collection of information about the specific element. It was all results found by scientist and researchers doing experiment and sharing data.
Stwertka, Albert. A Guide to the Elements. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2002. Print.
This was an excellent book source for my topic. The book was published in 2002 which is pretty recent and not much has changed on element in the past few years. Also his publisher was Oxford University which is a credited university with world renowned chemists and scientist who know what they are doing. It had plenty of information on my alkali and alkali earth metals and proved very resourceful for this project.
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