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Lanthanides and actinides / Monica Halka and Brian Nordstrom.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Facts on File, c2011.Description: xxxiv, 190 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN:
  • 9780816073726 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0816073724 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 546/.41 HAL.2
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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Book Book Dept. of Bio-Technology General Stacks Dept. of Bio-Technology 546/.41 HAL.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BTY2347

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177) and index.

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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