The Lightest Metals : Science and Technology from Lithium to Calcium.

Intro -- EIBC Books -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Editorial Board -- International Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Periodic Table of the Elements -- PART 1: Background -- Interrelationships between the Lightest Metals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nucleosynthesis and Abundance of the Lightest Metals -- 3 Discovery, Initial Isolation, and Commercial Production -- 4 Isodiagonal Relationships -- 5 Solid-State Structures of the Metals -- 6 Comparative Physical Properties -- 7 Ceramics, Glasses, and Alloys -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Acknowledgment -- 10 Glossary -- 11 Related Articles -- 12 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 13 References -- Occurrence and Production of Beryllium -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Discovery and Early Development of Beryllium -- 3 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Beryllium -- 4 Occurrence of Beryllium -- 5 Mining and Processing of Beryllium -- 6 Uses and Applications of Beryllium -- 7 Trends in World Production of Beryllium -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Related Articles -- 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 11 References -- Occurrence of Magnesia Minerals and Production of Magnesium Chemicals and Metal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Major Magnesium Minerals -- 3 Magnesium Carbonates -- 4 Brucite -- 5 Dolomite Process -- 6 Synthetic Magnesia -- 7 Magnesium Metal Production -- 8 Metallothermic Processes -- 9 Outlook -- 10 Acknowledgments -- 11 Related Article -- 12 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 13 References -- 14 General Bibliography -- Occurrence and Production of Aluminum -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Natural Occurrence of Aluminum-Containing Minerals -- 3 Production of Alumina -- 4 Production of Aluminum -- 5 Present Challenges for the Aluminum Industry -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Related Articles -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Status as Strategic Metals -- 1 Introduction.

2 Strategic Uses -- 3 Stockpiling -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Acknowledgments -- 6 End Notes -- 7 Related Article -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Resource Sustainability -- 1 Overview -- 2 Introduction -- 3 Chemical and Physical Properties -- 4 Mineral Resources and Isolation -- 5 Recycling -- 6 Conclusions: the Path to Sustainability -- 7 Acknowledgments -- 8 Glossary -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- PART 2: Fundamentals -- Low Oxidation State Chemistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lithium, Sodium, and Potassium in the −1 Oxidation State -- 3 Magnesium in the +1 Oxidation State -- 4 Calcium in the +1 Oxidation State -- 5 Aluminum in Oxidation States &amp -- #60 -- 3 -- 6 Related Article -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Solution NMR of the Light Main Group Metals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 NMR-Active Nuclei -- 3 Conclusions -- 4 Acknowledgment -- 5 Related Articles -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Solid-State NMR of the Light Main Group Metals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Solid-State NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclides -- 3 Solid-State NMR of Commonly Studied Light Metals: Lithium, Sodium, and Aluminum -- 4 Solid-State NMR of Uncommonly Studied Light Metals: Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Beryllium -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Acknowledgments -- 7 Related Articles -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Cation-π Interactions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nature of Cation-π Interactions -- 3 Spectroscopic Characterizations of Cation-π Interactions -- 4 Cation-π Interactions in Host-Guest and Biological Systems -- 5 Cation-π Interactions in Materials Science -- 6 Cation-π Interactions in Chemical Catalysis -- 7 Conclusions -- 8 Acknowledgment -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Ion Channels and Ionophores -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cation Transport Mechanisms.

3 Ionophores for the Lightest Metals -- 4 Ion Channels for the Lightest Metals -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Beryllium Metal Toxicology: A Current Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Natural Sources in the General Environment -- 3 Insoluble Versus Soluble Beryllium -- 4 Beryllium Disease -- 5 Beryllium Sensitization -- 6 Genetics -- 7 Cancer -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Acknowledgments -- 10 Glossary -- 11 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 12 References -- PART 3: Applications -- Reimagining the Grignard Reaction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Organometallics of the Alkaline Earth Metals -- 3 Intermetallic Grignard Reagents -- 4 Conclusion and Prospective Development -- 5 Acknowledgments -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Aryllithiums and Hetaryllithiums: Generation and Reactivity -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ortho-Lithiation Metalation -- 3 The Halogen/Lithium Exchange -- 4 Derivatizations (Arene-Heteroatom Bond Formation) -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- 6 Acknowledgments -- 7 Related Articles -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Magnesium and Calcium Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lighter Group 2 Metal-Mediated Polymerizations -- 3 Catalytic Heterofunctionalization of Unsaturated Molecules -- 4 Alkaline Earth-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling Reactions -- 5 The Future? Redox Catalysis with Alkaline Earth Complexes -- 6 Acknowledgments -- 7 End Notes -- 8 Related Articles -- 9 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 10 References -- Aluminum-Based Catalysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coordination Chemistry and Organometallic Compounds of Aluminum -- 3 Alkylaluminoxanes -- 4 Oligomerization and Polymerization of Alkenes -- 5 Ring-Opening Polymerization of Polar Monomers -- 6 Aluminum-Containing Heterogeneous Catalysts.

7 Aluminum Catalysts in Organic Synthesis and Fine Chemicals Production -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Related Articles -- 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 11 References -- Lithium-Ion Batteries: Fundamentals and Safety -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Battery Markets -- 3 Lithium-Based Batteries -- 4 Safety Issues with Li-Ion Technology -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond: Future Design Challenges -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Li-Ion Batteries -- 3 Sodium and Magnesium Batteries -- 4 Metal/Air Batteries -- 5 Summary and Outlook -- 6 Related Articles -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- High-Pressure Synthesis of Hydrogen Storage Materials -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Aluminum-Based Interstitial Hydrides -- 4 Lithium-Containing Complex Hydrides -- 5 Summary -- 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 7 References -- Processing and Applications of Transparent Ceramics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Processing Technologies -- 3 Representative Transparent Ceramics -- 4 Applications -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Acknowledgment -- 7 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 8 References -- Light-Element Superconductors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Superconductivity -- 3 Our Theoretical Understanding of Superconductivity -- 4 Superconductivity in Light Element Compounds -- 5 Searching for and Predicting New Superconductors -- 6 Pressure Effects on Superconductivity in the Light Elements -- 7 Predictions of Pressure-Stabilized Light Compounds -- 8 Conclusions -- 9 Related Article -- 10 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 11 References -- One-Dimensional Nanostructure-Enhanced Catalysis -- 1 Introduction to Nanostructure-Based Catalysis -- 2 One-Dimensional Nanostructures -- 3 One-Dimensional Nanostructure-Enhanced Heterogeneous Catalysis for Air Pollutant Removal.

4 One-Dimensional Nanostructure-Enhanced Photocatalysis for Water Treatment and Splitting -- 5 One-Dimensional Nanostructure-Enhanced Electro-Catalysis for Energy Conversion and Storage -- 6 Summary and Outlook -- 7 Acknowledgments -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Lithium Pharmacology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Biochemical Effects of Lithium -- 3 Clinical Trials -- 4 Safety and Tolerability -- 5 Lithium and the Perinatal Period -- 6 Lithium Drug Interactions -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 9 References -- Solar Energy and Photovoltaics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 PV Technology -- 3 Use of the Lightest Metals in the Different PV Technologies -- 4 Conclusions -- 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 6 Related Article -- 7 References -- Index -- Abbreviations and Acronyms used in this Volume -- End User License Agreement.

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