The rare earths play a unique role in science. These seventeen related elements afford a panoply of subtle variations deriving from the systematic development of their electronic configurations, allowing a test of theory with excellent resolution. In contrast they find widespread use in even the most mundane processes such as steel making, for polishing materials and gasoline cracking catalysts. In between are exotic uses such as TV screen phosphors, lasers, high strength permanent magnets and chemical probes. This multi-volume handbook covers the entire rare earth field in an integrated manner. Each chapter is a comprehensive up-to-date, critical review of a particular segment of the field. The work offers the researcher and graduate student alike, a complete and thorough coverage of this fascinating field.
- ISBN10 0444871055
- ISBN13 9780444871053
- Publish Date 1 March 1989 (first published 1 February 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 December 2009
- Publish Country NL
- Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
- Imprint North-Holland Publishing Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 498
- Language English