The Lightest Metals: Science and Technology from Lithium to Calcium

The first seven metals in the periodic table are lithium, beryllium, sodium, magnesium, aluminium, potassium and calcium, known collectively as the lightest metals . The growing uses of these seven elements are enmeshing them ever more firmly into critical areas of 21st century technology, including energy storage, catalysis, and various applications of nanoscience. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and recent advances in the science and technology of the lightest metals. Opening chapters of the book describe major physical and chemical properties of the metals, their occurrence and issues of long–term availability. The book goes on to disucss a broad range of chemical features, including low oxidation state chemistry, organometallics, metal–centered NMR spectroscopy, and cation– interactions. Current and emerging applications of the metals are presented, including lithium–ion battery technology, hydrogen storage chemistry, superconductor materials, transparent ceramics, nano–enhanced catalysis, and research into photosynthesis and photoelectrochemical cells. The content from this book will be added online to the Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chem istry: http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/eibc INDICE: Contributors XI .Series Preface XV .Volume Preface XVII .PART 1: BACKGROUND 1 .Interrelationships between the Lightest Metals 3Nicholas C. Boyde and Timothy P. Hanusa .Occurrence and Production of Beryllium 23Stephen Freeman .Occurrence of Magnesia Minerals and Production of Magnesium Chemicals and Metal 35Mark A. Shand .Occurrence and Production of Aluminum 47Halvor Kvande .Status as Strategic Metals 57Deborah A. Kramer .Resource Sustainability 67David A. Atwood .PART 2: FUNDAMENTALS 71 .Low Oxidation State Chemistry 73Michael S. Hill .Solution NMR of the Light Main Group Metals 91Timothy P. Hanusa .Solid–State NMR of the Light Main Group Metals 117Robert W. Schurko and Michael J. Jaroszewicz .Cation Interactions 173Yi An and Steven E. Wheeler .Ion Channels and Ionophores 185Peter J. Cragg .Beryllium Metal Toxicology: A Current Perspective 205Terence M. Civic .PART 3: APPLICATIONS 211 .Reimagining the Grignard Reaction 213Sven Krieck and Matthias Westerhausen .Aryllithiums and Hetaryllithiums: Generation and Reactivity 231D. W. Slocum .Magnesium and Calcium Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis 255Merle Arrowsmith .Aluminum–Based Catalysis 281Mark R. Mason .Lithium–Ion Batteries: Fundamentals and Safety 303Isidor Buchmann .Li–Ion Batteries and Beyond: Future Design Challenges 315Yoon Hwa and Elton J. Cairns .High–Pressure Synthesis of Hydrogen Storage Materials 335Hiroyuki Saitoh, Shigeyuki Takagi, Katsutoshi Aoki and Shin–ichi Orimo .Processing and Applications of Transparent Ceramics 343Ling Bing Kong, Yizhong Huang, Zhili Dong, Tianshu Zhang, Wenxiu Que, Jian Zhang, Dingyuan Tang and Sean Li .Light–Element Superconductors 371Andreas Hermann .One–dimensional Nanostructure–enhanced Catalysis 387Sibo Wang, Zheng Ren, Yanbing Guo and Pu–Xian Gao .Lithium Pharmacology 417Philip G. Janicak and Bradley R. Cutler .Solar Energy and Photovoltaics 427Arnulf Jäger–Waldau .Abbreviations and Acronyms 437 .Index 441

• ISBN: 978-1-118-70328-1
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 456
• Fecha Publicación: 13/11/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés