"Meditationis est perscrutari occulta; contemplationis est admirari
perspicua . . . Admiratio generat qurestionem, qurestio
investigationem, investigatio inventionem" once wrote HUGO DE S.
VICTORE and possibly described best the life span of the rare
earths since the Swedish Army Lieutenant, C. A. ARRHENIDS'
discovery of an unusual black mineral at Ytterby in 1787. Since
then the rare earths have passed through the machinery of various
phases of physical science. Europium as a member of the rare earth
family shows characteristics of the series as a whole as well as
some typical behaviour of its own due to the presence of its six f
electrons i. e. , one less than the half-filled shell. This present
volume attempts to provide an understanding of the various aspects
of its chemical and physical behaviour. In doing so, it is hoped to
provide the reader with more than just a list of the complete
bibliography on the subject, and I have tried to review the
literature for it's interesting features, balancing the
experimental facts with the help of the minimum amount of theory as
far as possible. Experience has shown us that the trend of
inorganic research has changed during the past years and one
frequently needs some understanding of chemical spectroscopy and
quantum mechanics to be able to appreciate the developments in this
field and to interpret the wealth of experimental data. The reader
is referred to B. G. WYBOURNE'S book: Spectroscopic Properties of
Rare Earths (ref. [488]), and B. R.
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Series: |
Anorganische und allgemeine Chemie in Einzeldarstellungen, 8 |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
1967 |
Authors: |
Shyama P. Sinha
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
166 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1967 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-642-99920-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Chemistry >
Inorganic chemistry >
General
|
LSN: |
3-642-99920-4 |
Barcode: |
9783642999208 |
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