Science and Technology of Rare Earth Materials

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages xi-xii
PREFACE, Pages xiii-xiv
RARE EARTH RESOURCES, THEIR EXTRACTION AND APPLICATION, Pages 3-23
PREPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF RARE EARTH METALS AND EFFECT OF IMPURITIES ON THEIR PROPERTIES, Pages 25-47
PHASE RELATIONSHIPS IN RARE EARTH METAL ALLOY SYSTEMS — CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF ALLOY FORMATION, Pages 51-75
PHASE EQUILIBRIA IN RARE EARTH-COBALT SYSTEMS, Pages 77-98
PHASE RELATIONSHIPS, REACTION MECHANISMS AND DEFECT STRUCTURES IN RARE EARTH-OXYGEN SYSTEMS, Pages 99-118
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF RARE EARTH SYSTEMS, Pages 121-142
CRYSTAL FIELD EFFECTS IN RARE EARTH INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, Pages 143-154
INTERCONFIGURATION FLUCTUATIONS IN RARE EARTH INTERMETALLICS, Pages 155-165
INTERRELATION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND LONG-RANGE MAGNETIC ORDER IN TERNARY RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS, Pages 167-193
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDIES IN RARE EARTH SYSTEMS, Pages 197-214
MÖSSBAUER STUDIES OF RARE-EARTH SYSTEMS, Pages 215-245
PRESSURE-INDUCED ELECTRONIC TRANSITIONS IN RARE-EARTHS, Pages 247-260
MAGNETIC INELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING STUDIES OF RARE EARTH METALS AND LAVES-PHASE COMPOUNDS, Pages 261-290
STUDY OF ELECTRON STATES IN RARE EARTH MATERIALS BY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY, Pages 291-326
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS: SURFACE CHEMISTRY, HYDROGEN ABSORPTION AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS, Pages 329-351
HYDROGENATION OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS: THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS, Pages 353-373
FERROELECTRICS AND SUPERIONIC CONDUCTORS, Pages 375-392
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF 2:17 RARE EARTH SYSTEMS, Pages 393-413
RARE EARTHS IN STEEL TECHNOLOGY, Pages 415-434
INDEX, Pages 435-439