Transuranium Elements: A Half Century Book

	Contributors
	Preface
1	Transuranium Elements: Their Impact on Science and Technology	2
	Historical Viewpoints
2	Transuranium Elements: A Half Century	10
3	Discovery of Neptunium	50
4	Chemistry of Plutonium Revealed	56
5	The Transuranium Elements: Members of the 5f Series	63
6	Early Days in the "Met Lab": Organization and Planning in Scientific Research	78
7	Early Chemical Contributions in Los Alamos	86
8	"Dry Chemistry" and Initiatory Thermodynamics at the Metallurgical Laboratory	93
	Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
9	Nuclear and Chemical Properties of Elements 103, 104, and 105	104
10	Production of Plutonium-237	116
11	Mass and Alpha Spectrometry for the Determination of the Half-Life of [superscript 241]Pu	121
12	Plutonium Determination by Isotope Dilution Technique with Mass and Alpha Spectrometry	126
13	Highly Enriched Isotope Samples of Uranium and Transuranium Elements for Scientific Investigation	131
	Spectroscopy, Photophysics, and Photochemistry
14	Unusual High-Temperature Behavior of Neptunium and Plutonium Systems	138
15	Magnetic and Optical Properties of Np and Pu Ions and Compounds	145
16	Detection and Speciation of Trace Amounts of Neptunium and Plutonium	159
17	Photochemical Removal of NpF[subscript 6] and PuF[subscript 6] from UF[subscript 6] Gas Streams	168
18	Vibronic Interaction and Crystal Structure Distortion in Cm[superscript 4+] in CeF[subscript 4]	181
19	Ion-Ion Interaction and Energy Transfer of 4+ Transuranium Ions in Cerium Tetrafluoride	187
20	Investigation of Neptunium(V) Reduction to Neptunium(IV) by Semiconductor Photocatalysis	195
	Chemistry
21	f-Element Compound Synthesis Employing Powerful Halogenating Agents	202
22	Cationic Speciation in Nonaqueous Media: Uranium, Neptunium, and Plutonium in Oxidation States III and IV	213
23	The Chemistry of Uranium(VI), Neptunium(VI), and Plutonium(VI) in Aqueous Carbonate Solutions	225
24	The Lanthanides and Actinides: Among Other Groups of Elements in Mendeleev's System	233
25	Transuranium Organometallic Elements: The Next Generation	239
26	Gas-Phase Uranium Ion Reactions with 2,4,6-Tri-t-butylphenol and 1,3,5-Tri-t-butylbenzene: Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry	247
27	Characterization of the Plutonium-Water Reaction: Reaction Kinetics Between 200 and 350 [degree] C	251
	Separations and Thermodynamics
28	Reduction of Neptunium(VI) by Organic Compounds	262
29	The Complexation Behavior of Neptunium and Plutonium with Nitrilotriacetic Acid	276
30	Catalyzed Electrolytic Plutonium Oxide Dissolution: The Past 17 Years and Future Potential	288
31	Aqueous Chemistry of Neptunium and Plutonium: Studies in the USSR	305
32	Recovery of Neptunium, Plutonium, and Americium from Highly Active Waste: Trialkylphosphine Oxide Extraction	318
33	3-Phenyl-4-benzoyl-5-isoxazolone: A Novel Extractant for Pu(IV) and Am(III)	331
	Materials Physics
34	Metallic Covalency in Actinide Compounds	338
35	Nuclear Hyperfine Techniques in the Study of Transuranium Materials	345
36	Surface Electronic Structure and Chemisorption of Plutonium and Uranium	365
37	Magnetization Measurements on Single Crystals of Neptunium Monopnictides	378
	Materials Chemistry
38	High-Pressure Phases and Compressibility of Neptunium and Plutonium Compounds	396
39	Electronic, Structural, and Transport Properties of (Almost) Rare-Earth-Like Actinide Hydrides	404
40	Hydrolysis of Plutonium: Plutonium-Oxygen Phase Diagram	416
41	The Pivotal Position of Plutonium in the Systematics of Actinide Metals and Compounds	426
42	Defect Chemistry of Plutonium Oxides	440
43	Formation of Lithium Plutonates by the Reaction of Lithium Nitrate and Lithium Hydroxide with PuO[subscript 2]	451
44	Mechanisms of the Rapid Dissolution of Plutonium Dioxide in Acidic Media under Oxidizing or Reducing Conditions	457
45	Complex Formation of the Lanthanides and Actinides in Lower Oxidation States	469
46	Synthesis and Identification of [actual symbol not reproducible] and Preparation of PuCl[subscript 3]	481
47	Homogeneous Oxalate Precipitation of Pu(III)	489
	Analytical Chemistry
48	Transuranium Reference Measurements and Reference Materials	496
49	Airborne Transuranium Elements: Progress in Rapid Detection	507
50	Development of Neptunium and Plutonium Chemistry: Contribution of Electrochemical Research	515
51	A New Chemical Assay Standard for Plutonium	524
	Appendix: Papers Presented But Not Included in Book	533
	Index	536