Mössbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Inorganic Chemistry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction and Historical Background

   • Gary J. Long

   Pages 1-6

3. Basic Concepts of Mössbauer Spectroscopy

   • Gary J. Long

   Pages 7-26

4. Mössbauer Spectrometers and Calibration

   • T. E. Cranshaw

   Pages 27-41

5. Spectral Data Reduction and Refinement

   • Geoffrey Longworth

   Pages 43-56

6. Mössbauer-Effect Isomer Shifts

   • G. K. Shenoy

   Pages 57-76

7. The Electric Field Gradient and the Quadrupole Interaction

   • Hartmut Spiering

   Pages 77-170

8. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Magnetic Systems

   • T. E. Cranshaw, G. Longworth

   Pages 171-194

9. Relaxation Phenomena for Chemists

   • Gilbert R. Hoy

   Pages 195-226

10. X-Ray and Conversion Electron Mössbauer Scattering for Chemists

    • Geoffrey Longworth

    Pages 227-243

11. Mössbauer Spectroscopy and the Coordination Chemistry of Iron

    • William Michael Reiff, Gary J. Long

    Pages 245-285

12. Spin Transition in Iron Complexes

    • P. Gütlich

    Pages 287-337

13. Applications to Biological Systems

    • D. P. E. Dickson

    Pages 339-389

14. Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    • Frank J. Berry

    Pages 391-442

15. Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Silicate Minerals

    • J. M. D. Coey

    Pages 443-509

16. Studies of Ceramics and Archaeological Materials

    • Geoffrey Longworth

    Pages 511-526

17. Structure and Bonding in Tin Compounds

    • R. V. Parish

    Pages 527-575

18. Gold-197 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Characterization of Gold Compounds

    • R. V. Parish

    Pages 577-617

19. One-Dimensional Magnetism

    • C. E. Johnson

    Pages 619-640

20. Back Matter

    Pages 641-667

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When presented with a new compound or material, the inorganic chemist will usually have several questions in mind about its composition and structure. Although a simple elemental analysis may answer many questions about its composition, the chemist will still have questions about its structure, and, ifthe material contains a metal atom, he will often want to know its oxidation state, coordination number and geometry. Further, at an increasingly frequent rate, the chemist may need details of the spin­ state, magnetic and perhaps dynamic properties of the material. If the investigator is fortunate, the material or compound may contain an ele­ ment such as iron, tin, antimony, iodine, gold, or one of several of the rare earth metals which are amenable to study by the Mossbauer effect. Often the Mossbauer effect can, sometimes with quite simple experiments, provide the answers to all of these questions. The goal of this book is to illustrate the effectiveness of the Mossbauer effect in providing the answers to the many questions that arise in char­ acterizing new materials and, indeed, in studying known materials in more detail. Several chapters introduce the effect to the novice and provide details about the various hyperfine interactions that are the "bread and butter" of the Mossbauer spectroscopist. Three chapters deal specifically with the experimental aspects of the technique and the increasing impor­ tance of sophisticated computer analysis of the resulting data.

• Coordination Chemistry
• ceramic
• gold
• inorganic chemistry
• iron
• metals
• mineral
• rare earth metal
• spectroscopy
• tin

• Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, USA

  Gary J. Long

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