Lanthanides and actinides /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halka, Monica
Other Authors: Nordstrom, Brian
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York : Facts on File, c2011.
Series:Periodic table of the elements
Subjects:
Rare earth metals.
Actinide elements.
Periodic law.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.The Lanthanides or Rare Earth Elements
  • The Astrophysics of the Lanthanides
  • Geology: The California Deposit
  • Discovery and Naming of the Rare Earths
  • Johan Gadolin
  • The Lanthanide Contraction
  • The Chemistry of the Lanthanides
  • Clean Energy and the Rare Earth Elements
  • Technology and Current Uses of the Lanthanides
  • 2.Actinium, Thorium, and Protactinium
  • The Astrophysics of the Actinides
  • A Means of Dating Very Old Things
  • The Discovery and Naming of Actinium, Thorium, and Protactinium
  • The Chemistry of Thorium
  • Thorium Fission Reactors
  • Technology and Current Uses of Actinium, Thorium, and Protactinium
  • 3.Uranium
  • The Geology and Mining of Uranium
  • Discovery and Naming of Uranium
  • The Chemistry of Uranium
  • Uranium Fission Reactors: Natural and Human-Made
  • Depleted Uranium: A Debatable Use for Wartime Ammunition
  • Uranium and Human Health
  • Technology and Current Uses of Uranium
  • 4.The Transuranium Elements
  • The Basics of the Transuranium Elements
  • Discovery and Naming of Transuranium Elements
  • Glenn Theodore Seaborg
  • The Chemistry of Transuranium Elements
  • Americium in the Home
  • Thermonuclear Weapons
  • Technology and Current Uses of Transuranium Elements
  • 5.The Transactinide Elements
  • The Origins of the Transactinides: Heavy Ion Reactions
  • Discovery and Naming of Transactinides: Ego and Controversy
  • Short Lives, Few Uses of the Transactinides
  • 6.Future Directions
  • New Physics
  • New Chemistry.

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