Americium and Curium Chemistry and Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Historical Aspects and General Papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The 40th Anniversary of the Discovery of Americium and Curium

      • Glenn T. Seaborg

      Pages 3-17

   3. Reminiscences of an Instrumentalist

      • A. Ghiorso

      Pages 19-24

   4. Americium, its Early History and Gram-Scale Separation

      • R. A. Penneman

      Pages 25-33

   5. 20 Years of Americium and Curium Research at the European Institute for Transuranium Elements

      • W. Müller

      Pages 35-42

   6. Frontiers of Chemistry for Americium and Curium

      • O. L. Keller Jr.

      Pages 43-49

3. Solution Chemistry and Analytical Procedures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Studies of Americium and Curium Solution Chemistry in the USSR

      • B. F. Myasoedov, N. Yu. Kremliakova

      Pages 53-79

   3. Coulometric Determination of Americium and Curium for the Preparation of Reference Solutions

      • P. Brossard, S. Lafontan

      Pages 81-87

   4. A Study on the Stability of Americium(V) and Americium(VI) in Nitrate Media

      • M. Hara, S. Suzuki

      Pages 89-104

   5. Radiopolarographic Study of Americium and Curium

      • Y. Shiokawa, S. Suzuki

      Pages 105-114

   6. Americium Titration Methods

      • Ph. Cauchetier, C. Guichard

      Pages 115-119

4. Electronic Structure and Thermodynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Electronic Structure of Neutral and Singly Ionized Curium

      • Earl F. Worden, John G. Conway, Jean Blaise

      Pages 123-134

   3. Shifted Homologous Relationships between the Transplutonium and Early Rare-Earth Metals

      • John W. Ward

      Pages 135-145

   4. Thermodynamic Systematics of Oxides of Americium, Curium, and Neighboring Elements

      • L. R. Morss

      Pages 147-158

   5. Preparation and Properties of some New Curium Compounds

      • F. Weigel, R. Kohl

      Pages 159-191

   6. The Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Am and Cm

      • Norman Edelstein

      Pages 193-211

   7. Delocalisation of 5f Electrons in Americium Metal under Pressure: Recent Results and Comparison with other Actinides

      • U. Benedict, J. P. Itié, C. Dufour, S. Dabos, J. C. Spirlet

      Pages 213-224

The papers included in this volume were presented at the symposium on "Americium and Curium Chemistry and Technology" at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 16-21, 1984. This symposium commemorated forty years of research on americium and curium. Accordingly, the papers included in this volume begin with historical perspectives on the discovery of americium and curium and the early characterization of their chemical properties, and then cover a wide range of subjects, such as thermodynamic properties, electronic structure, nuclear reactions, analytic chemistry, high pressure phase transitions, and technological aspects. Thus, this volume is a review of the chemistry of americium and curium, and provides a perspective on the current research on these elements forty years after their discovery. The editors would like to thank the participants in this symposium for their contributions. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the assistance of Ms. Barbara Moriguchi in handling the administrative aspects of the symposium and of the production of this volume. April 2, 1985 Norman M. Edelstein Materials and Molecular Research Division Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. James D. Navratil Rockwell International Rocky Flats Plant P.O. Box 464 Golden, Colorado 80402-0464, U.S.A. Wallace W. Schulz Rockwell Hanford P.O. Box 800 Richland, Washington 99352, U.S.A.

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`...this book is a valuable and essential addition to the library of those working with Am, Cm and transuranium radiochemistry.'
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