Book description
Lanthanides are of great importance for the electronic industries,
this new book (from the EIBC Book Series) provides a comprehensive
coverage of the basic chemistry, particularly inorganic chemistry, of
the lanthanoid elements, those having a 4f shell of electrons. A
chapter is describing the similarity of the Group 3 elements, Sc, Y,
La, the group from which the lanthanoids originate and the group 13
elements, particularly aluminum, having similar properties. Inclusion
of the group 3 and 13 elements demonstrates how the lanthanoid
elements relate to other, more common, elements in the Periodic Table.
Beginning chapters describe the occurrence and mineralogy of the
elements, with a focus on structural features observed in compounds
described in later chapters. The majority of the chapters is organized
by the oxidation state of the elements, Ln(0), Ln(II), Ln(III), and
Ln(IV). Within this organization the chapters are further
distinguished by type of compound, inorganic (oxides and hydroxides,
aqueous speciation, halides, alkoxides, amides and thiolates, and
chelates) and organometallic. Concluding chapters deal with diverse
and critically important applications of the lanthanoids in electronic
and magnetic materials, and medical imaging.
