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The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Schädel

    1. GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

  2. Dawn Shaughnessy

    1. Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA

  • Provides complete coverage of the superheavy elements beginning with atomic number 104
  • The contributing authors have made vast contributions to understanding the physics and chemistry of the superheavy elements in the past decades
  • A complete up-to-date source for advanced teachers and students of nuclear chemistry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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The second edition of "The Chemistry of the Superheavy Elements" provides a complete coverage of the chemistry of a series of elements beginning with atomic number 104 – the transactinides or superheavy elements – including their nuclear properties and production in nuclear reactions at heavy-ion accelerators. The contributors to this work include many renowned scientists who, during the last decades, have made vast contributions towards understanding the physics and chemistry of these elusive elements, both experimentally and theoretically. The main emphasis here is on demonstrating the fascinating studies involved in probing the architecture of the Periodic Table at its uppermost end, where relativistic effects drastically influence chemical properties. All known chemical properties of these elements are described together with the experimental techniques applied to study these short-lived man-made elements one atom-at-a-time. The status of theoretical chemistry and of empirical models is presented as well as aspects of nuclear physics. In addition, one chapter outlines the meanderings in this field from a historical perspective and the search for superheavy elements in Nature.

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“As the seventh period of the periodic table has been filled in, chemists will be interested to know how these elements were made and whether the periodic trends remain true. This book addresses this topic, including the limited chemistry that is known in specific cases. … Readers seeking a clear explanation of how these elements are synthesized and characterized will find this a valuable resource. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty.” (J. A. Bartz, Choice, Vol. 52 (3), November, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany

    Matthias Schädel

  • Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA

    Dawn Shaughnessy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements

  • Editors: Matthias Schädel, Dawn Shaughnessy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37466-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-37465-4Published: 13 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50017-0Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-37466-1Published: 30 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 521

  • Number of Illustrations: 169 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Physical Chemistry

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