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Lanthanide/Actinide Chemistry (1967)

Author	American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date	1967
Classification	6.01.5.56/01 (WASTE - ACTINIDES (TRANSMUTATION / BURNING) GENERAL)
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PREFACE

Lanthanide chemistry is approaching its 200th Anniversary, but except for data on
thorium and uranium the chemistry of the actinides is a comparative youngster of
some 30 years. However, the two chemistries are intimately associated because
their elements are of the f transition type and thus formally comparable with each
other and different from other elements. Indeed, these parallels made it possible to
unravel actinide behavior in the early days of transuranium element production. In
addition to their chemical similarities, the two series also share the properties of
magnetism and radiant energy absorption and emission characteristic of f-electron
species. However, important differences exist also, particularly in oxidation states,
in bonding, and in complex-ion formation.

Substantial new information has been accumulated in the past few years. In part,
new applications for the lanthanides and actinides have prompted this surge. In
part, the general quest for knowledge, the application of new techniques and
instruments, and the advances in data interpretation have contributed as well.
Although developments in the two areas have not been exactly parallel, the
underlying chemistry is fundamentally the same. It seemed appropriate, therefore,
to summarize the significant areas of current chemical research and, as has not
been done previously, to bring together both lanthanide and actinide chemistry to
emphasize their parallel and divergent behavior. The consistent retention of the
terms lanthanide and actinide, rather than the substitution of the terms lanthanoid
and actinoid as recommended by the IUPAC Commission on the Nomenclature of
Inorganic Chemistry, has been dictated by common usage.

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