
The Rare Earths: Their Occurrence, Chemistry, and Technology
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- THE RARE EARTHS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS EMPLOYED IN THE REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION By Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.E.S.
- PART I OCCURRENCE OF THE RARE EARTHS
- CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF THE MINERALS AND THEIR MODE OF OCCURRENCE
- Alphabetical List of Minerals containing Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium, or Elements of the Cerium and Yttrium Groups.
- CHAPTER II THE SILICATES
- (a) Silicates of the Yttrium and Cerium Metals
- (b) Silicates of Thorium and Zirconium
- (c) Complex Silicates
- CHAPTER III THE TITANO-SILICATES AND TITANATES
- (a) The Titano-Silicates
- (b) The Titanates
- CHAPTER IV THE TANTALO-COLUMBATES
- (a) Tantalo-Columbates containing no Titanium Dioxide
- (b) Tantalo-Columbates containing Titanium Dioxide
- CHAPTER V THE OXIDES AND CARBONATES
- (a) The Oxides
- (b) The Carbonates
- CHAPTER VI THE PHOSPHATES AND HALIDES
- (a) The Phosphates
- (b) The Halides
- CHAPTER VII THE MONAZITE SANDS
- The North American Deposits[119]
- The Brazilian Deposits
- CHAPTER VIII RADIOACTIVITY OF THE MINERALS
- PART II THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS
- CHAPTER IX GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE CERIUM AND YTTRIUM GROUPS
- The Rare Earth Elements, and the Periodic Classification
- CHAPTER X GENERAL METHODS OF SEPARATION
- Extraction of the Rare Earths from Minerals
- The Spectrum Examination
- The Equivalent Weight Determination
- CHAPTER XI THE CERIUM GROUP—CERIUM
- Cerium, Ce = 140·25
- CHAPTER XII CERIUM GROUP (continued)
- Lanthanum, Praseodymium, Neodymium, and Samarium
- Separation
- Lanthanum, La = 139·0
- Praseodymium, Pr = 140·6
- Neodymium, Nd = 144·3.
- Samarium, Sa = 150·4
- CHAPTER XIII THE TERBIUM GROUP
- Separation
- Europium, Eu = 152·0
- Gadolinium, Gd = 157·3.
- Terbium, Tb = 159·2
- CHAPTER XIV THE ERBIUM AND YTTERBIUM GROUPS—YTTRIUM AND SCANDIUM
- Separation
- The Erbium Group
- CHAPTER XV THE GROUP IVA ELEMENTS—TITANIUM
- Titanium, Ti = 48·1
- CHAPTER XVI THE GROUP IVA ELEMENTS (continued)—ZIRCONIUM AND THORIUM
- Zirconium, Zr = 90·6
- Thorium, Th = 232·4
- PART III THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE ELEMENTS
- CHAPTER XVII THE INCANDESCENT MANTLE INDUSTRY—HISTORICAL AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER XVIII THE CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF MONAZITE
- CHAPTER XIX THE MANUFACTURE OF MANTLES FROM COTTON AND RAMIE
- Washing.
- Impregnation.
- The Mantle Head.
- Burning off and Shaping.
- Collodinisation.
- CHAPTER XX ARTIFICIAL SILK—ITS PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE MANTLE INDUSTRY
- Chardonnet Process.
- The Pauly or Cuprammonium Process.
- The Viscose Process.
- The Acetate Process.
- The Manufacture of Mantles from Artificial Silk.
- Impregnation.
- ‘Fixing.’
- The Final Stages.
- CHAPTER XXI OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL USES OF THE CERIUM AND YTTRIUM ELEMENTS, ZIRCONIUM AND THORIUM
- The Cerium Group
- Other Alloys.
- Industrial Applications of Zirconium
- The Technical Uses of Zirconia.
- CHAPTER XXII THE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF TITANIUM AND ITS COMPOUNDS
- Employment of the Element in Metallurgy.
- Application to Arc-lamp Electrodes.
- Titanium Compounds in Dyeing and Colouring.
- Other Uses of Titanium Compounds.
- Estimation of the Element.
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