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Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry and Spectroscopy (1980)

AuthorACS, Edelstein
Date1980
Classification 6.01.5.56/03 (WASTE - ACTINIDES (TRANSMUTATION / BURNING) GENERAL)
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PREFACE

The last published symposium on lanthanide and actinide chemistry, sponsored by
the Division of Inorganic Chemistry and the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and
Technology of the American Chemical Society, was held in 1966. The purpose of
this earlier symposium was "to summarize the significant areas of current chemical
research .... " The same statement may be made about the present symposium;
however, the topics covered differ considerably. For example, there was not one
chapter on organolanthanide or organoactinide chemistry in the earlier symposium,
while in the present volume a goodly fraction of the chapters are on this topic.
Further, the availability of significant amounts of the transcurium elements have
led to the elucidation of the properties of the elements and their compounds with
atomic numbers greater than 96. Also, as in other areas of science, new,
sophisticated instrumentation is in the process of revolutionizing the quality
and type of data obtained on the f-block elements and compounds.
This volume is intended to introduce the nonspecialist chemist to recent trends in
lanthanide and actinide chemistry and spectroscopy, to summarize this work, and
to identify directions for future studies. Inevitably, the chapters in this collection
reflect (to some extent) the tastes of the organizer.
I would like to thank the participants in the symposium for their contributions,
Dr. William T. Carnall for his help in organizing the spectroscopy part of the
symposium, and Drs. John Fackler, Gary Long, and Leonard Interrante of the
Division of Inorganic Chemistry for their efforts on behalf of the symposium and
the publication of the proceedings. Acknowledgment is made to the Donors of
the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society,
for partial support of this symposium.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
NORMAN M. EDELSTEIN
Berkeley, CA 94720
December 21, 1979.

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