General Chemistry

Chapter 17

Chemistry of Lanthanides and Actinides

OBJECTIVES

1. To start with need for the Lanthanides and Actinides chapter.
2. To describe the isolation method for lanthanides in general and ion-exchange method in particular.
3. To describe intrinsic properties such as electronic configuration, oxidation states, and lanthanide contraction in detail with examples.
4. To state nature of colour of lanthanide ions.
5. To elaborate atomic-like emission spectra with an example.
6. To state magnetic properties of lanthanides.
7. To describe characteristics of coordination numbers and stereochemistry of coordination complexes.
8. To describe chemical method for uranium extraction from its ore.
9. To describe intrinsic properties such as electronic configuration, oxidation ...