Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry, 2nd Edition is a one-volume account of the lanthanides (including scandium and yttrium), the actinides and the transactinide elements, intended as an introductory treatment for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The principal features of these elements are set out in detail, enabling clear comparison and contrast with the transition elements and main group metals. The textbook gives a thorough introduction into the chemistry of lanthanides and actinides and offers insights into a vast range of modern applications including superconductors, fuel cells, single-molecule magnets, lasers, imaging and sensors.

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect major advances since 2006, this new edition includes approximately 25-30% new material. New and significantly expanded topic areas include important discoveries in the synthetic chemistry of the f-elements; lanthanides in the +2 oxidation state; applications of binary compounds such as lanthanide oxides; single-molecule magnets; applications involving luminescence; recent work on uranium chemistry; and newly synthesized transactinides.

The book covers:
• The extraction of the elements from their ores and their purification, as well as the synthesis of the man-made elements
• Properties of the elements and principal binary compounds
• Detailed accounts of their coordination chemistry and organometallic chemistry
• Spectroscopy and magnetism.
• Applications in synthetic organic chemistry
• Synthesis of the transactinides and their chemistry

End-of-chapter questions suitable for tutorial discussions are provided, with solutions online, and a comprehensive bibliography provides ready access to further reading on all topics.