About the book

The compounds of almost all rare elements are poisons. Arsenic, mercury, and beryllium compounds, all heavy metals, organic solvents, and potassium cyanide are especially dangerous and should therefore he handled with special care.

The students must strictly follow the general safety regulations for the analytical laboratory.

Spent solutions of the rare elements and other expensive wastes should be collected and the valuable elements recovered from them.

The recovery of the rare elements from wastes before their disposal is even more important from the viewpoint of the environmental protection.

Contents

Preface

Rare Elements in Modern Industry and Geochemistry

Lithium

Rubidium and Cesium

Beryllium

Scandium

Yttrium

Lanthanum and Lanthanides

Thorium

Uranium

Titanium

Zirconium and Hafnium

Vanadium

Niobium and Tantalum

Molybdenum

Tungsten

Rhenium

Gallium

Indium

Thallium

Germanium

Bismuth

Selenium and Tellurium

Appendices