Getting More Out of the Factsheets

This book can be used as a mere source of reference values for a multitude of purposes. We feel, however, that the unique combination of information and real data on the most important properties of all naturally occurring elements gives the book a much wider scope. It can, in fact, be used as a text- and working-book in teaching applied, environmental or exploration geochemistry when one tries to answer real questions from the data within the factsheets. From our own student days and from our teaching experience, we believe that it is much more effective to learn a subject by doing than by listening, and this book subscribes to that philosophy! As a starter, we have compiled a list of possible questions that can be answered from the factsheets (leading, in many cases, to further questions in the process).