Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns by Sybrina Durant - Middle-Grade; This is actually both fiction and non-fiction - Non-Fiction Children's Earth Sciences Books (Books) Fiction - in Children's Dragon, Unicorn & Mythical Stories
Book Details:
Book Title: Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns by Sybrina DurantCategory: Middle-Grade Non-Fiction (Ages 8-12), 42 pages
Genre: This is actually both fiction and non-fiction - Non-Fiction Children's Earth Sciences Books (Books) Fiction - in Children's Dragon, Unicorn & Mythical Stories
Publisher: Sybrina Publishing
Release date: Feb, 2023
Content Rating: G for everyone.
Book Description:
Are your kids ready for the magic of science? The Metal Horn Unicorn Tribe and their techno-magical unicorn friends from Unimaise are the perfect group to familiarize them with metals and other elements in the Periodic Table. Their theme is No Metal, No Magic...and No Technology.Alumna starts out this elemental alphabet book by introducing the very necessary metal, Aluminum, on her element page. Dr. Zinko rounds out the alphabet by presenting facts and other fun information about the metal, Zinc, on his. Other members of the Metal Horn Tribe, plus some of their magical elemental friends, will give some great insight into the properties of 23 additional pure metals from the periodic table.
There is one special unicorn in the book whose horn and hooves are an alloy created by combining Copper and Zinc. Cornum, the Brass-Horned unicorn will reveal some interesting things about that metal.
Readers will love learning some magical and sciencey facts with the Metal Horn Unicorn Tribe. A unicorn-themed periodic table, trading cards representing each of the 26 unicorns and their elements plus fun lesson cards and more are also available as printable downloads. Kids will have fun singing along with the No Metal, No Magic song, too. Learn more about all the elements in this book at https://www.sybrina.com/muapt
Guest Post
Alloys and Unicorns
Article by Sybrina
Durant
Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented
Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns is a middle grade book that covers 26
elements of the periodic table with introductions by elemental unicorns. All
but one of the 26 unicorns in the book are represented by pure elements. That
one unicorn who is different from the rest is represented by an alloy. An alloy
is formed when 2 or more elements are combined to create new and usually better
chemical combinations than the original.
Eleven of the unicorns in this book are based on the metal
horn characters in my Journey To Osm collection of unicorn books. In Journey To
Osm, Cornum the Brass Horned Unicorn had parents with different metal horns.
His sire was a zinc horned unicorn and his dam’s horn was made of copper. When
those two metals are combined, brass is the alloy that is formed. As you can
probably imagine, Cornum has a rather brassy personality to go along with that
trumpet shaped horn of his. Cornum was quite a character in the Journey to Osm
and he is unique in this book, too. The tip of his horn is flared like a trumpet,
and it sounds like one, too. It can sound like any wind instrument. Sometimes
the sound he produces is sweet and soothing. Other times, the notes are so
sour, it makes the other unicorns cringe.
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Trumpets and many other musical instruments are made of
brass. In fact, yellow, gold and red brass are mainly used for musical
instruments. Yellow brasses are known for having a bright and tight timbre,
whereas gold brass has a broader, richer and deeper tone. Red brasses create
softer sounds.
Brass was discovered to be in use at least 2,000 years ago
in Asia. It is known that the Romans and the Greeks created it by mixing tin
and copper and calamine ore. This ore contained an impure zinc which when
heated to the right temperature, reduced the zinc to a metallic state which
created vapors that permeated the copper, in turn, forming the golden metal,
brass.
Brass is a non-ferrous metal, which means it doesn’t rust.
Brass is a poor electrical conductor so it is not used often for that
purpose. It is diamagnetic which means
it is slightly repelled by a magnetic field. In general, it is incapable of
being magnetized. Brass is ductile, meaning it can bend and be formed into
shapes without cracking or breaking.
Brass is formed from 2 different metals but alloys can also
be formed from 1 metal and 1 non-metal. For instance, Cast Iron is created by
combining the metal element Iron with the non-metal element Carbon. There are
118 pure elements in the periodic table but there are many, many more alloys.
Wikipedia has a huge list of Named Alloys but even that list is not complete.
Alloys are not the only new chemical combinations that can
be created from pure elements.
Compounds are created from them as well. There are millions
of combinations of elemental compounds. A compound is a substance formed due to
the chemical union (a chemical reaction) between two or more atoms or
molecules. Ideally, there should be two or more elements to form a compound.
Most of the compounds are from a non-metallic element origin. Some common
compounds are Fluoro Carbon – used for waterproofing, lubricants and sealants;
Sodium Fluoride – used for the fluoridation of drinking water, in toothpaste
and also in pesticides; Potassium Iodide – used to block absorption of
radioactive iodine; and Calcium Bromate - Used as a bread dough and flour
“improver” or conditioner. Can you guess
the most important compound of all? It is H2O - a combination of Hydrogen and
Oxygen. The correct answer is water.
The Magical Elements of the Periodic Table Presented
Alphabetically By The Metal Horn Unicorns has element pages for all the letters
in the alphabet plus special pages for alloys and compounds. There’s even a
unicorn-themed periodic table! Get the book and related activities to spark an
interest in the magic of science in your child.
Meet the Author:
Sybrina Durant is a unicorn author/entrepreneur. In addition to books, she offers unicorn-themed activities, t-shirts, and more. Plus, she has pulled together a collection of nearly all the unicorn books available today from hundreds of authors. They are categorized on her website by Little Kid, Middle Kid, and Teen Unicorn Books.
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