10: Special Topics
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- 10.1: f-Block Metals- Lanthanides and Actinides
- The Lanthanides consist of the elements in the f-block of period six in the periodic table. While these metals can be considered transition metals, they have properties that set them apart from the rest of the elements.
- 10.1.1: Introduction
- 10.1.2: f-Orbitals and Oxidation States
- 10.1.3: Atoms and Ion Sizes
- 10.1.3A: The Lanthanoid Contraction
- 10.1.3B: Coordination Numbers
- 10.1.4: Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties
- 10.1.4A: Electronic Spectra and Magnetic Moments - Lanthanoids
- 10.1.4B: Luminescence of Lanthanoid Complexes
- 10.1.4C: Electronic Spectra and Magnetic Moments - Actinoids
- 10.1.5: Sources of the Lanthanoids and Actinoids
- 10.1.5A: Occurrence and Separation of the Lanthanoids
- 10.1.5B: The Actinoids
- 10.1.6: Lanthanoid Metals
- 10.1.7: Inorganic Compounds and Coordination Complexes of the Lanthanoids
- 10.1.7A: Halides
- 10.1.7B: Hydroxides and Oxides
- 10.1.7C: Complexes of Ln(III)
- 10.1.8: Organometallic Complexes of the Lanthanoids
- 10.1.8A: σ-Bonded Complexes
- 10.1.8B: Cyclopentadienyl Complexes
- 10.1.8C: Bis(arene) Derivatives
- 10.1.8D: Complexes Containing the η8-cyclooctatetraenyl Ligand
- 10.1.9: The Actinoid Metals
- 10.1.10: Inorganic Compounds and Coordination Complexes of Thorium, Uranium, and Plutonium
- 10.1.10A: Thorium
- 10.1.10B: Uranium
- 10.1.10C: Plutonium
- 10.1.11: Organometallic Complexes of Thorium and Uranium
- 10.1.11A: (\sigma\)-Bonded Complexes
- 10.1.11B: Cyclopentadienyl Derivatives
- 10.1.11C: Complexes Containing the η8-cyclooctatetraenyl Ligand
- 10.2: Physical Inorganic Techniques
- 10.2.1: Electronic Spectroscopy
- 10.2.1A: UV-VIS Absorption Spectroscopy
- 10.2.1B: Types of Absorption
- 10.2.1C: Absorbance and the Beer-Lambert Law
- 10.2.1D: Emission Spectroscopy
- 10.2.2: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
- 10.2.3: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy
- 10.2.3A: What is EPR Spectroscopy?
- 10.2.3B: The Zeeman Electronic Effect
- 10.2.3C: EPR Spectra
- 10.2.4: Mossbauer Spectroscopy
- 10.2.4A: The Technique of Mossbauer Spectroscopy
- 10.2.4B: What Can Isomer Shift Data Tell Us?
- 10.2.5: Structure Determination - Diffraction Methods
- 10.2.5A: X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- 10.2.5B: Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction
- 10.2.5C: Powder X-Ray Diffraction
- 10.2.5D: Single Crystal Neutron Diffraction
- 10.2.5E: Electron Diffraction
- 10.2.5F: Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)
- 10.2.5G: Structural Databases
- 10.2.6: Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES, UPS, XPS, ESCA)
- 10.2.7: Mass Spectrometry
- 10.2.7A: Electron Ionization (EI)
- 10.2.7B: Fast Atom Bombardment (FAB)
- 10.2.7C: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF)
- 10.2.7D: Electrospray Ionization (ESI)