M�ssbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Inorganic Chemistry / Edition 1

by G.J Long

Overview

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 importance of sophisticated computer analysis of the resulting data.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306416477
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/31/1984
Series:	Modern Inorganic Chemistry , #1
Edition description:	1984
Pages:	668
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

and Historical Background.- Basic Concepts of Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Mössbauer Spectrometers and Calibration.- Spectral Data Reduction and Refinement.- Mössbauer-Effect Isomer Shifts.- The Electric Field Gradient and the Quadrupole Interaction.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Magnetic Systems.- Relaxation Phenomena for Chemists.- X-Ray and Conversion Electron Mössbauer Scattering for Chemists.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy and the Coordination Chemistry of Iron.- Spin Transition in Iron Complexes.- Applications to Biological Systems.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Silicate Minerals.- Studies of Ceramics and Archaeological Materials.- Structure and Bonding in Tin Compounds.- Gold-197 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Characterization of Gold Compounds.- One-Dimensional Magnetism.

Editorial Reviews

Eleven personal views of Mossbauer spectroscopy by scientists from Europe, Australia, and the US, including a history of the field, some chapters closely related to the author's current research, and others providing critical reviews of the literature. The topics discussed are hard magnetic materials, oxidic spinels, distributed hyperfine parameters, ferromagnetic materials, high oxidation states of iron, intercalation compounds, iron and iron-molybdenum hydrotreating catalysis, biological mineralizations, characterization of semiconductors, and europium-containing compounds. The history is accessible to the general reader; the other chapters are for fellow specialists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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