HANDBOOK ON THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY RARE EART

This volume of the Handbook illustrates the rich variety of topics covered by rare earth science. Three chapters are devoted to the description of solid state compounds; skutterudites, rare earth -antimony systems, and rare earth-manganese perovskites. Two other reviews deal with solid state properties; one contribution includes information on existing thermodynamic data of lanthanide trihalides while the other one describes optical properties of rare earth compounds under pressure. Finally, two chapters focus on solution chemistry. The state of the art in unraveling solution structure of lanthanide-containing coordination compounds by paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance is outlined. The potential of time-resolved, laser-induced emission spectroscopy for the analysis of lanthanide and actinide solutions is presented and critically discussed.