Inspired by the table... Cooper

Authors

  • Teresa Quintero Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales

Keywords:

periodic table, chemical elements, cooper

Abstract

When I thought about which element of the periodic table to choose, three that belong to the same group came to mind: copper, silver and gold. I began by discarding the Silver (argentum) because of its obvious reference to Argentina. The choice of gold represented a choice of strong family ties related to my father's profession as a jeweler. You will then wonder why I chose copper: fundamentally because of my current teaching activity. I work as a teacher of Electromagnetism for Chemists and one of the elements that we use the most in our laboratory exercises is copper. I remember that, during my chemistry studies, I did several practices that involved this metal. One of them, the realization of a winding for a small electric generator.

References

Nierengarten, J. F. (2019). In my element: Cooper. Chemistry a European Journal, 25, 16, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201805277

Published

2019-12-30

How to Cite

Quintero, T. (2019). Inspired by the table. Cooper. Educación En La Química, 25(02), 84–86. Retrieved from https://educacionenquimica.com.ar/index.php/edenlaq/article/view/123

Issue

Section

HOMENAJE A LA TABLA PERIÓDICA