The Physics behind Chemistry and the Periodic Table

2011/07/21 by Pekka Pyykkö · 6 citations
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTThe Physics behind Chemistry and the Periodic TablePekka Pyykkö*View Author Information Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, POB 55 (A. I. Virtasen aukio 1), 00014 Helsinki, Finland*E-mail: [email protected]Cite this: Chem. Rev. 2012, 112, 1, 371–384Publication Date (Web):July 21, 2011Publication History Received1 February 2011Published online21 July 2011Published inissue 11 January 2012https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cr200042ehttps://doi.org/10.1021/cr200042ereview-articleACS PublicationsCopyright © 2011 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views9868Altmetric-Citations179LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose SUBJECTS:Chemical calculations,Elements,Gold,Molecules Get e-Alerts

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