Lanthanides and Actinides, Second Edition

The general public may not be familiar with lanthanides, actinides, and transactinides, butthese elements comprise approximately 35 percent of the total number of known elements. Attempts to produce new elementsor new isotopes of known elementsconstitute an active area of scientific research.Providing high school and college students with an up-to-date understanding of these elements,Lanthanides and Actinides, Second Editionexplains how they were discovered, as well as the practical applications that these elements have in today's scientific, technological, medical, and military communities. Actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, and the transuranium elements are just some of the elements covered in this comprehensive resource. Coverage also includes past, present, and future uses of lanthanides and actinides in science and technology.