The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements [electronic resource] / edited by Lester R. Morss, Norman M. Edelstein, Jean Fuger.

Volume 1 -- Actinium -- Thorium -- Protactinium -- Uranium -- Volume 2 -- Neptunium -- Plutonium -- Americium -- Volume 3 -- Curium -- Berkelium -- Californium -- Einsteinium -- Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, and Lawrencium -- Transactinide Elements and Future Elements -- Summary and Comparison of Properties of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements -- Spectra and Electronic Structures of Free Actinide Atoms and Ions -- Theoretical Studies of the Electronic Structure of Compounds of the Actinide Elements -- Optical Spectra and Electronic Structure -- Volume 4 -- Thermodynamic Properties of Actinides and Actinide Compounds -- Magnetic Properties -- 5f-Electron Phenomena in the Metallic State -- Actinide Structural Chemistry -- Actinides in Solution: Complexation and Kinetics -- Actinide Separation Science and Technology -- Volume 5 -- Organoactinide Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization -- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes Promoted by Organoactinides -- Identification and Speciation of Actinides in the Environment -- X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of the Actinides -- Handling, Storage, and Disposition of Plutonium and Uranium -- Trace Analysis of Actinides in Geological, Environmental, and Biological Matrices -- Actinides in Animals and Man.

The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements is a contemporary and definitive compilation of chemical properties of all of the actinide elements, especially of the technologically important elements uranium and plutonium, as well as the transactinide elements. In addition to the comprehensive treatment of the chemical properties of each element, ion, and compound from atomic number 89 (actinium) through to 109 (meitnerium), this multi-volume work has specialized and definitive chapters on electronic theory, optical and laser fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, organoactinide chemistry, thermodynamics, magnetic properties, the metals, coordination chemistry, separations, and trace analysis. Several chapters deal with environmental science, safe handling, and biological interactions of the actinide elements. The Editors invited teams of authors, who are active practitioners and recognized experts in their specialty, to write each chapter and have endeavoured to provide a balanced and insightful treatment of these fascinating elements at the frontier of the periodic table. Because the field has expanded with new spectroscopic techniques and environmental focus, the work encompasses five volumes, each of which groups chapters on related topics. All chapters represent the current state of research in the chemistry of these elements and related fields. Originally published by Wiley, New York, 1957/8 and Chapman & Hall, 1986