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.
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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.
Preface. Contents of volumes 1-8. 58. Excited state phenomena in vitreous materials (R. Reisfeld and C.K. Jorgensen). 59. Inorganic complex compounds II (L. Niinistoe and M. Leskelae). 60. Complexes with synthetic ionophores (J.-C.G. Buenzli). 61. Rare earth coordination catalysis in stereospecific polymerization (Zhiquan Shen and Jun Ouyang). Errata. Subject Index.
