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. 31. Sulfides, selenides and tellurides (J. Flahaut). 32. Halides (J.M. Haschke). 33. Rare earth pnictides (F. Hulliger). 34. Chemistry and physics of R-activated phosphors (G. Blasse). 35. Rare earth lasers (M.J. Weber). 36. Nonradiative processes of rare-earth ions in crystals (F.K. Fong). 37A. Chemical spectrophotometric and polarographic methods (J.W. O'Laughlin). 37B. Trace element analysis of rare earth elements by spark source mass spectrometry (S.R. Taylor). 37C. Analysis of rare earth matrices by spark source mass spectrometry (R.J. Conzemius). 37D. Optical atomic emission and absorption methods (E.L. DeKalb and V.A. Fassel). 37E. X-ray excited optical luminescence of the rare earths (A.P. D'Silva and V.A. Fassel). 37F. Neutron activation analysis (F.W.V. Boynton). 37G. Mass-spectrometric stable-isotope dilution analysis for lanthanides in geochemical materials (S. Schuhmann and J.A. Philpotts). 38. Shift reagents and NMR of paramagnetic lanthanide complexes (J. Reuben and G.A. Elgavish). 39. Bioinorganic chemistry: lanthanides as probes in systems of biological interest (J. Reuben). 40. Toxicity (T.J. Haley). Subject Index.
