1st Edition

Chemistry of the f-Block Elements

By Helen C. Aspinall Copyright 2001

    This book, based on a lecture course which is given to final year undergraduates at Liverpool, illustrates the main features of f-block chemistry, along with some of the important applications, outlining the spectroscopic techniques which are commonly applied to complexes of the f-block elements.

    1. Introduction 2. Spectroscopy 3. Coordination Chemistry 4. Organometallic Chemistry 5. Lanthanide Complexes as Catalysts and Reagents for Organic Reactions

    Biography

    Robyn Creagh is a Senior Lecturer in architecture in the School of Arts and Sciences at The University of Notre Dame Fremantle, Australia. Robyn's research and creative practice explores the interaction of sense of place, embodied experience and built environment design. Sarah McGann is the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at The University of Notre Dame Fremantle, Australia. Sarah's research interests and publications build upon her architectural research and practice background particularly within the `social life of buildings'.

    "This is a beautifully produced book with well thought out content at the right level for its intended audience . . . can be thoroughly recommended as both a good read and also as meeting very well the authors aim of producing a text covering lanthanide and actinide chemistry at a level and depth suitable for inclusion on an undergraduate course."

    – John Leaver, in Physical Sciences Educational Review, Vol. 6, No. 1