The Heaviest Metals : Science and Technology of the Actinides and Beyond.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Part 1 Background -- Chapter 1 Discovery of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Are the Actinides and the Transactinides? -- 3 The Place of the Actinides and Transactinides in the Periodic Table -- 4 The Pre-uranium Actinides: Actinium, Protactinium, and Thorium -- 5 Discovery of Uranium Fission -- 6 The Berkeley Hegemony -- 7 The First Transuranides: Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, and Californium -- 8 Einsteinium and Fermium: Children of a Blast -- 9 The First Transfermium Elements or the Last of the Actinides: Mendelevium, Nobelium, and Lawrencium -- 10 The First Transactinides -- 11 The Uncontested GSI Elemental Discoveries -- 12 The Last Tenants in the Periodic Table -- 13 Period 8: The Superactinides and Beyond -- 14 Conclusion -- 15 Acknowledgments -- 16 Endnotes -- 17 Related Articles -- 18 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 19 Further Reading -- 20 References -- Chapter 2 Production of Plutonium -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Separation of Plutonium from Irradiated Fuel and Targets -- 3 Conversion Chemistry -- 4 Metal Preparation and Purification -- 5 High-Purity Metal Preparation -- 6 Acknowledgments -- 7 Related Articles -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Chapter 3 Controlling Actinide Extraction Chemistry (Separation of Actinides from Lanthanides as Part of Nuclear Fuel Recycling) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spent Nuclear Fuel -- 3 Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry -- 4 Extraction Processes -- 5 Ligand Design and Methodology -- 6 Sanex Process Ligands -- 7 Conclusions -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Part 2 Fundamentals -- Chapter 4 Electronic Structure of the Actinide Elements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Valence Orbitals and Relativistic Effects.

3 Ligand-Field and Spin-Orbit Interactions -- 4 Magnetic Properties as Probes for the Electronic Structure -- 5 Concluding Remarks and Outlook -- 6 Acknowledgments -- 7 Related Articles -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Chapter 5 Electronic Structure of the Transactinide Atoms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Applications -- 4 Beginning of the Eighth Period-Relativistic Effects Increase -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Chapter 6 Chemical Properties of the Transactinide Elements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods Used in the Study of the Transactinide Elements -- 3 Chemical Properties of the Transactinide Elements -- 4 Conclusion -- 5 Related Articles -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Chapter 7 Multiple Bonding in Actinide Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity -- 3 Computational Studies -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Acknowledgments -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Chapter 8 Electronic Structure of Actinide Oxides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Actinide Dioxides -- 3 Actinide Sesquioxides -- 4 Other Actinide Oxides -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Part 3 Characterization Methods -- Chapter 9 Crystallography of Actinide Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Actinide Crystal Structures -- 3 Isotopes for Structural Chemistry Studies -- 4 Crystal Structures of Thorium Complexes -- 5 Crystal Structures of Uranium Complexes -- 6 Crystal Structures of Neptunium and Plutonium Complexes -- 7 Crystal Structures of Rare Actinide Complexes: Ac, Pa, Am, Cm, Bk -- 8 Challenges of Data Collection and Refinement of Actinide-Containing Structures -- 9 Conclusions -- 10 Acknowledgments -- 11 Related Articles -- 12 Abbreviations and Acronyms.

13 References -- Chapter 10 Solid State NMR of Actinide-Containing Compounds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 NMR in a Nutshell -- 3 NMR on Nuclei of Actinide Atoms -- 4 NMR on Nuclei of Ligand Atoms: 17O NMRM in the Actinide Oxides AnO2 -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Chapter 11 Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Actinide Compounds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Mossbauer Effect -- 3 Experimental Techniques -- 4 Hyperfine Interactions -- 5 NpFeAsO -- 6 NpTGa5 -- 7 Summary -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Chapter 12 Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Actinide Materials -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Photoemission from Reduced Actinide Systems and Compounds -- 3 Photoemission of Oxidized Actinide Systems -- 4 Actinides Oxides-Surface Reduction -- 5 Related Articles -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Chapter 13 Laser-Based Spectroscopic Studies of Actinide Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental Considerations -- 3 Time-Resolved Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy of U(VI) -- 4 Spectrophotometry Coupled with LWCC of U(IV) -- 5 Laser-Induced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Pu(VI) -- 6 Spectrophotometry and TRLFS of Am(III) -- 7 Conclusions -- 8 Acknowledgments -- 9 Endnote -- 10 Related Articles -- 11 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 12 References -- Chapter 14 Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations for Actinide and Transactinide Atoms and Molecules -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Considerations -- 3 Relativistic Hamiltonians -- 4 Basis Sets -- 5 Computational Methods -- 6 Program Systems -- 7 Range of Applications -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Acknowledgment -- 10 Related Articles -- 11 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 12 References -- Part 4 Distinctive Chemistry -- Chapter 15 Divalent Actinides and Transactinides: Inorganic and Organometallic Complexes -- 1 Introduction.

2 Divalent Actinide Molecular Species in the Gas Phase -- 3 Divalent Actinide Molecular Species in Cryogenic Noble Gas Matrices -- 4 Divalent Actinide Molecular Complexes in Condensed Phases (Solution and Solid) -- 5 Divalent Transactinide Molecular Species -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Acknowledgments -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Chapter 16 Organometallic Chemistry of Pentavalent Uranium -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Complexes of Uranium(V) with Aromatic Substituents: Metallocenes and Arenes -- 3 U(V) Hydrocarbyls: Alkyls and Carbenes -- 4 Miscellaneous U(V)-CO Interactions -- 5 Acknowledgments -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Chapter 17 Amido Complexes of the Actinides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Amido Complexes -- 3 Conclusion -- 4 Related Articles -- 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 6 References -- Chapter 18 Actinide Pnictogen Complexes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Neutral Coordinating Ligands -- 3 Monoanionic Ligands -- 4 Dianionic Ligands -- 5 Trianionic Ligands -- 6 Elemental Cyclic Bridging Ligands -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 References -- Chapter 19 Actinide Borohydrides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Homoleptic Tetrahydroborate Complexes -- 3 Homoleptic Methyltrihydroborate Complexes -- 4 Lewis Base Adducts of BH4- and BH3Me- Complexes -- 5 Aminodiboranate Complexes -- 6 Other Actinide Borohydride Complexes -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Chapter 20 Supramolecular and Macrocyclic Chemistry of the Actinides -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Supramolecular Assemblies Involving Actinides -- 3 Actinide-Related Macrocyclic Systems -- 4 Related Articles -- 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 6 References -- Chapter 21 Actinide Polyoxometalates -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Structures of Uranyl Peroxide POMs.

3 General Features of Uranyl Peroxide POMs -- 4 Formation and Dynamics of Uranyl Peroxide POMs -- 5 Uranyl Peroxide Clusters in Solution -- 6 Applications of Uranyl Peroxide Clusters -- 7 Nonperoxide Actinide POMs -- 8 Conclusion -- 9 Related Articles -- 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 11 References -- Part 5 Environmental and Health Issues -- Chapter 22 Actinide Speciation and Bioavailability in Fresh and Marine Surface Waters -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Metal Speciation -- 3 Chemical Trends and Features of the Actinides -- 4 Actinide Speciation in Natural Surface Waters -- 5 Actinium -- 6 Thorium -- 7 Protactinium -- 8 Uranium -- 9 Neptunium -- 10 Plutonium -- 11 Americium -- 12 Curium -- 13 Berkelium -- 14 Californium -- 15 Global Trends in Surface Water Chemistry and Influence on Actinide Speciation And Bioavailability -- 16 Water Quality Guidelines for Protecting Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems -- 17 Actinide Bioaccumulation -- 18 Recommendations for Further Work -- 19 Acknowledgments -- 20 Glossary -- 21 Related Articles -- 22 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 23 References -- Chapter 23 Transuranic Biogeochemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aqueous Chemical Speciation of Transuranic Elements under Environmental Conditions in the Absence of Microbial Interactions -- 3 Transuranic Element Association and Transformation by Microorganisms -- 4 Concluding Remarks and Future Work -- 5 Related Articles -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Chapter 24 Sustainable Remediation in Complex Geologic Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Site Characterization -- 3 Hydrological Model Development -- 4 Geochemical Model Development -- 5 Case Study in Remediation -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Chapter 25 Nuclear Forensics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nuclear Forensic Signatures -- 3 Summary -- 4 Related Articles.

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