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The Inorganic Radiochemistry of Heavy Elements: Methods for Studying Gaseous Compounds 2008th Edition
Author(s): Ivo Zvára (Author)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 25 Jan. 2008
- Edition: 2008th
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781402066016
- ISBN-13: 9781402066016
Book Description
Developments in the title field have been greatly motivated by the studies of transactinoid elements; selected experiments and their results are presented for visualization. Primarily, the book is about the physico-chemical basis of the experimental methods and techniques which are or can be used for compounds of all heavy metals; about evaluation of the desorption energies from the original gas-solid chromatography data; and about concepts and approaches which allow to estimate bulk properties of the compounds even from experiments with a few short-lived atoms. The book attempts for the first time critical discussion of the state of art from a coherent point of view to help better understanding. It was written both for the newcomers to the field and experts, its goal is also to stimulate wider use of the advantageous gas phase techniques for common elements.
Editorial Reviews
Review
From the reviews:
“This is an interesting and well-prepared book. … it covers, only the gas-phase chemistry of elements of atomic numbers greater than Z = 103. As a result, it will be of interest to … readers of JACS. … In the six brief chapters, the limited data are well evaluated and presented.” (Gregory R. Choppin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130 (42), 2008)
From the Back Cover
The aim of this book is to facilitate the wider use of advantageous gas phase techniques towards heavy elements. Studies of the transactinoid elements (polyvalent metals) stimulated application of their volatile halides, oxides, and oxyhalides to fast radiochemical separations. Selected results are presented here. Primarily, this book features the physico-chemical basis of experimental methods and techniques. It focuses on evaluation of the desorption energy from data of a single gas-solid chromatography experiment through calculation of desorption entropy. Heterogeneity of the column surface and its chemical modification are taken into account. Several approaches to the estimation of bulk properties of the compounds from experiments with only a few atoms are also discussed. The accuracy of the derived quantities is then analyzed using the Bayesian statistical approach.
The book is aimed at newcomers to the field as well as experts actively engaged in this area of research.
