Overview
- Editors:
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Joseph J. Katz
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Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
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Glenn T. Seaborg
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Chemistry Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
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Lester R. Morss
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Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Part One
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- Wallace W. Schulz, Robert A. Penneman
Pages 887-961
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- P. Gary Eller, Robert A. Penneman
Pages 962-988
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- David E. Hobart, Joseph R. Peterson
Pages 989-1024
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Part Two
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Front Matter
Pages 1119-1119
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- Joseph J. Katz, Lester R. Morss, Glenn T. Seaborg
Pages 1121-1195
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- W. T. Carnall, H. M. Crosswhite
Pages 1235-1277
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- Norman M. Edelstein, Jean Goffart
Pages 1361-1387
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- M. V. Nevitt, M. B. Brodsky
Pages 1388-1416
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- Tobin J. Marks, Andrew Streitwieser Jr
Pages 1547-1587
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- Glenn T. Seaborg, O. Lewin Keller Jr
Pages 1629-1646
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Back Matter
Pages 1647-1781
About this book
The first edition of this work appeared almost thirty years ago, when, as we can see in retrospect, the study of the actinide elements was in its first bloom. Although the broad features of the chemistry of the actinide elements were by then quite well delineated, the treatment of the subject in the first edition was of necessity largely descriptive in nature. A detailed understanding of the chemical consequences of the characteristic presence of Sf electrons in most of the members of the actinide series was still for the future, and many of the systematic features of the actinide elements were only dimly apprehended. In the past thirty years all this has changed. The application of new spectroscopic techniques, which came into general use during this period, and new theoretical insights, which came from a better understanding of chemical bonding, inorganic chemistry, and solid state phenomena, were among the important factors that led to a great expansion and maturation in actinide element research and a large number of new and important findings. The first edition consisted of a serial description of the individual actinide elements, with a single chapter devoted to the six heaviest elements (lawrencium, the heaviest actinide, was yet to be discovered). Less than 15 % of the text was devoted to a consideration of the systematics of the actinide elements.
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The authors are to be commended in producing the most comprehensive, updated review of actinide chemsitry currently availailable. Journal of American Chemistry Society
