Read more
Developments in the title field have been greatly motivated by the studies of transactinoid elements; selected experiments and their results are presented for visualization. Primarily, the book is about the physico-chemical basis of the experimental methods and techniques which are or can be used for compounds of all heavy metals; about evaluation of the desorption energies from the original gas-solid chromatography data; and about concepts and approaches which allow to estimate bulk properties of the compounds even from experiments with a few short-lived atoms. The book attempts for the first time critical discussion of the state of art from a coherent point of view to help better understanding. It was written both for the newcomers to the field and experts, its goal is also to stimulate wider use of the advantageous gas phase techniques for common elements.
List of contents
Experimental developments in inorganic gas phase radiochemistry: Early gas-solid chromatography studies.- Techniques for isolation of short-lived accelerator produced activities.- Techniques for alpha-active nuclides with corrosive reagents.- Recent techniques for alpha-active nuclides in non corrosive environment.- Future of radiochemistry studies of heavy metals.- Physicochemical Fundamentals: Molecular kinetics.- Diffusional deposition of molecules and aerosols in channels.- Statistical thermodynamics of adsorption.- Production of transactinoid elements, synthesis and transportation of their compounds: Production of TAE in heavy ion induced reactions.- Synthesis of volatile compounds.- Scavenging of impurities in the gas.- Deposition of nonvolatile elements and compounds from gas flow.- Aerosol stream for transportation of molecular entities.- From gas-solid isothermal chromatography to thermochromatography: General considerations.- Theory.- Simulation of IC and TC peak shape and position.- Vacuum thermochromatography.- Evaluation and interpretation of experimental data: Evaluation of desorption energy / enthalpy from the experimental data.- Experimental adsorption enthalpies of heavy element compounds.- True structure of the column surfaces.- Analysis of poor-statistics data.
Summary
Developments in the title field have been greatly motivated by the studies of transactinoid elements; selected experiments and their results are presented for visualization. Primarily, the book is about the physico-chemical basis of the experimental methods and techniques which are or can be used for compounds of all heavy metals; about evaluation of the desorption energies from the original gas-solid chromatography data; and about concepts and approaches which allow to estimate bulk properties of the compounds even from experiments with a few short-lived atoms. The book attempts for the first time critical discussion of the state of art from a coherent point of view to help better understanding. It was written both for the newcomers to the field and experts, its goal is also to stimulate wider use of the advantageous gas phase techniques for common elements.
Additional text
From the reviews:
"This is an interesting and well-prepared book. … it covers, only the gas-phase chemistry of elements of atomic numbers greater than Z = 103. As a result, it will be of interest to … readers of JACS. … In the six brief chapters, the limited data are well evaluated and presented." (Gregory R. Choppin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130 (42), 2008)
Report
From the reviews:
"This is an interesting and well-prepared book. ... it covers, only the gas-phase chemistry of elements of atomic numbers greater than Z = 103. As a result, it will be of interest to ... readers of JACS. ... In the six brief chapters, the limited data are well evaluated and presented." (Gregory R. Choppin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130 (42), 2008)
