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The Chemistry of Actinide Elements (1986)

Auteur	Katz, G.Seaborg, Morss
Datum	1986
Classificatie	6.01.5.56/05 (AFVAL - ACTINIDEN (-TRANSMUTATIE/VERBRANDEN))
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PREFACE

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 5f 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. In this edition nearly half
of the work consists of survey chapters in which such subjects as the metallic state,
thermochemistry, solid state chemistry, solution chemistry, atomic and electronic
spectroscopy, magnetic properties, organometallic chemistry, and the biological and
environmental properties of the actinide elements are treated in comparative fashion.
Because of the expansion of the discipline and of the scope of the second edition,
many colleagues were asked to contribute chapters that reflected their expert
knowledge.

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