Rare Metal Handbook, Volume 2

Author: Editorial Committee of "Handbook of Rare Metals"
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Publish Date: 1995-12-01
Features: "Handbook of Rare Metals" is published in two volumes. The first volume systematically introduces common knowledge in the production, research, and application of rare metals from a horizontal perspective, focusing on extraction metallurgy and material processing, elaborating on the theory, methods, equipment, as well as the analysis and testing, and applications of rare metals. The second volume provides a comprehensive introduction to each important rare metal from a vertical perspective. This book is the second volume, primarily introducing rare light metals (lithium, sodium, cesium, beryllium), rare refractory metals (gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, selenium, tellurium), rare earth metals, noble metals (gold, silver, platinum group metals), natural radioactive metals (uranium, thorium, radium), and semiconductor materials (germanium, silicon, compound semiconductors). It covers mineral resources, major physicochemical properties, mineral processing, extraction metallurgy, metal processing and product production, metallurgy, composition analysis and physical properties, and applications, with a focus on the practical production processes of rare metals. The second volume is divided into 7 parts and 39 chapters, serving as a reference for personnel engaged in the production, research, design, application, management, and teaching of rare metals, as well as for students of relevant majors in higher education institutions.