Anja Røyne - The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table

Index

A

agriculture,

See also fertilizer; food production

Ajka, Hungary,

Alburnus Major,

See also Roia Montan

alcohol, in purification,

algae,

alloys,

aluminum,

aluminum oxide,

ammonia,

antibiotics,

aquifers,

rdal, Norway,

asteroids,

atoms,

B

bacteria,

bacterial concrete,

Baekeland, Leo,

Bakelite,

batteries,

bauxite,

bedrock,

Bennu (asteroid),

big bang theory,

bioenergy,

bird dung,

Birkeland-Eyde process,

Black Sea,

blood donation,

breathing, irons role in,

burning used plastics,

C

Caesarea, Israel,

calcium hydroxide,

carats,

carbon,

See also cellulose; lignin; plastics; rubber

carbon dioxide, in limestone,

cars,

cast iron,

celluloid,

cellulose,

cement,

ceramic materials

about,

clay, molding with,

glass,

living organisms as producers of,

properties,

sand and gravel in,

See also concrete civilization,

clay, molding with,

cleanliness in making small machines,

climate change,

clovers,

coal,

cobalt,

communication systems,

computer-controlled cars,

concrete

algae and,

bacterial,

Dubai,

history of,

limestone,

Minoans,

reinforcing materials,

Roman Empire,

steel-reinforced,

timber and,

volcanic ash in,

Congo Free State,

copper,

cryolite,

cyanide, in gold extraction,

cyborgs,

D

Dacians,

dam failure,

Dead Sea,

deforestation,

degradable plastics,

deuterium,

dinosaurs,

distillation, for purification,

Doughnut Economics (Raworth),

Dubai, United Arab Emirates,

Dust Bowl,

dyes, creating solar cells with,

E

Earth

energy stores,

life on,

using up,

economic growth

limits to,

necessity of,

resource limitations versus,

Eiffel Tower,

electric cars,

electricity,

electronics,

electronic waste, gold in,

electrons,

energy

about,

bioenergy,

for cars,

civilization and,

extracting,

food production and,

fossil,

geothermal,

hydroelectric,

nuclear,

solar,

stores, Earths,

storing,

wind,

environmental effects

aluminum production,

copper mining and production,

gold mining,

importance of,

sand and gravel extraction,

titanium mining and production,

erosion of topsoil,

evaporation,

exponential growth,

extinction, mass,

F

Fen Complex,

ferrous lava,

fertilizer,

See also nitrogen; phosphorus; potassium

fire,

flint,

fluoride,

fluorine,

food packaging,

food production,

forests,

fossil energy,

fusion reactors,

future

about,

fusion reactors,

humans and,

planets, settlement on other,

space, elements in,

G

galaxies,

garbage,

Geamana, Romania,

genetically modified plants,

geothermal energy,

Germany,

glass,

glazing ceramics,

global warming,

gold

about,

chemical reactions,

civilization and,

concentration of,

extracting,

first,

lost,

metal, making stone into,

mining, environmental impacts of,

recovering lost,

resources,

in river gravel,

Roia Montan mines,

surface mining,

volcanic activity and,

gold ore,

grassy plains,

gravel,

greenhouse effect,

Greenland,

groundwater,

growth

economic, necessity of,

economic versus resource,

exponential,

limits to,

paradox of,

guano,

gutta-percha,

H

Haber-Bosch process,

Habsburgs,

hammered copper,

hand prosthesis,

health services,

heavy water,

helium,

Henderson Island,

Herod the Great (King of Judea),

history of elements

civilization, age of,

humans and the future,

life begins,

living Earth,

solar system, formation of our,

stars, life of,

universe, birth of,

Hitler, Adolf,

Hominoidea,

humans

future and,

as nomadic tribes,

origin of,

settlement of,

hydraulic cement,

hydroelectric energy,

hydrogen,

hydrogen cars,

hydrogen variants,

I

ice ages,

implants,

insect signaling systems,

internet, electrical energy used by,

Interstellar,

iron

about,

breathing, role in,

carbon and,

cast,

coal and,

Iron Age,

metal, making ore into,

meteorite,

as nonrenewable resource,

oxygen and,

pig,

production/usage statistics,

resources,

rust, problem with,

scrap,

steel,

Swedish,

timber and,

wrought,

Iron Age,

iron carbide,

iron oxides,

ironworks,

ITER (fusion experiment),

J

Jackson, Tim,

Jason and the Golden Fleece,

Jssingfjord.,

K

Kiruna, Sweden,

L

Larsson, Arne,

lava,

lead,

LED bulbs,

Leopold II (King of Belgium),

lightning,

lignin,

limestone,

limestone concrete,

Limits to Growth, The,

lithium,

livestock,

living organisms, as ceramic materials producers,

Lule, Sweden,

M

magnetic field,

Malaysia,

mass, defined,

medical equipment, disposable,

mercury,

meteorite iron,

meteorites,

methane,

microorganisms,

Milky Way,

miniaturization,

Minoans,

mobile phones,

Morocco,

N

Narvik, Norway,

natural gas,

Neanderthals,

neodymium,

neutrons,

neutron stars,

nitrate film,

nitrocellulose,

nitrogen,

See also fertilizer

nomadic tribes,

Norsk Hydro,

Norway,

nuclear energy,

O

oil,

oil-based plastics,

organic molecules,

outer space, elements in,

oxygen

aluminum and,

chemical composition,

iron and,

solar system, formation of,

ozone layer,

P

pacemakers,

packaging for food,

paint,

phosphorus,

See also fertilizer

photosynthesis,

pig iron,

planets, settling on other,

plasma,

plastics

burning used,

degradable,

food packaging,

non-oil-based,

oil-based,

recycling,

in trash,

plate tectonics,

platinum,

polymers,

population, human,

Portland cement,

potassium,

See also fertilizer

Prosperity Without Growth (Jackson),

protons,

R

railways,

rare-earth elements,

Raworth, Kate,

recycling,

river gravel,

rocks, as ceramic material,

Roman Empire,

Romania,

Rros, Norway,

Roia Montan,

rubber,

rust,

Ryugu (asteroid),

S

sacrificial anodes,

sand,

scrap iron,

seabed, extracting phosphorus from,

self-driving cars,

Siberia,

Singapore,

slag,

slaked lime,

sludge,

solar cells,

solar energy,

solar system, formation of our,

space, elements in,

space travel,

specialization,

stainless steel,