Biochemistry of the Elemental Halogens and Inorganic Halides

by Kenneth L. Kirk

The elements in group 17 (VIlA) of the periodic table of elements-fluorine (F), chlorine (CI), bromine (Br), and iodine (I)-were designated by Berzelius as "halogens" (Greek hals, sea salt; gennao, I beget) because of their propensity to form salts. In this first of the two volumes of Bio- chemistry of the Halogens, the biochemistry of the elemental halogens and inorganic halides is reviewed. Discovery, properties, and biochemistry of the elemental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306436531
• ISBN13: 9780306436536
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 312 Pages