Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths

by Elsevier Science

Overview

The rare earths play a unique role in science. These seventeen related elements afford a panoply of subtle variations deriving from the systematic development of their electronic configurations, allowing a test of theory with excellent resolution. In contrast they find widespread use in even the most mundane processes such as steel making, for polishing materials and gasoline cracking catalysts. In between are exotic uses such as TV screen phosphors, lasers, high strength permanent magnets and chemical probes.

This multi-volume handbook covers the entire rare earth field in an integrated manner. Each chapter is a comprehensive up-to-date, critical review of a particular segment of the field. The work offers the researcher and graduate student alike, a complete and thorough coverage of this fascinating field.

· Authoritative
· Comprehensive
· Up-to-date
· Critical
· Reliable

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080932576
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/09/2009
Series:	ISSN , #40
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	568
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Gschneidner has published over 485 journal articles and chapters in books and edited or written 40 books on the chemistry, materials science, and physics or rare earth materials. He was the founder of the Rare-earth Information Center and served as its Director for 30 years.
Professor J-C.G. Bünzli is a physical-inorganic and analytical chemist by training and an active researcher in the field of co-ordination and supramolecular chemistry of rare-earth ions. His research focuses mainly on designing self-assembled functional edifices containing rare-earth ions and with predetermined photophysical and/or magnetic properties.
Professor V.K. Pecharsky is an active researcher in the field of structure-physical property relationships of rare earth-based intermetallic compounds. He co-authored over 250 papers published in peer reviewed journals and as chapters in books, holds 10 patents, mostly related to preparation and processing rare earth-based alloys.

Table of Contents

Persistent Phosphors

Philippe F. Smet

Quaternary R2X3dPbXdZX2

(X5S, Se; Z5Si, Ge, Sn) Chalcogenides 109

Marek Daszkiewicz,

Hybrid Materials of the f-Elements Part II: The Uranyl Cation 163

Christopher L. Cahill

Progress in the Separation Processes for Rare Earth Resources

Wuping Liao