The Rare Elements: Occurrence and Technology [Revised & Enlarged Edition]

Cloth hardcover, 536 pages, NOT ex-library. Weight 1290g / 2.85lb. VG condition, mild wear; clean pages with unmarked text; firm binding. Faint dusty marks on outer page edges, faint handling marks on boards. Good dust jacket. -- The book describes in a plain, concise way the technology of rare metals based on geology and geochemistry. A description is given of the main sources, enrichment of minerals/ores by gravitation, magnetic, electric, flotation and chlorination methods, self-accumulation of rare elements in half-products and waste materials of the metallurgical industry. The aim is to call attention to the rational use of crude materials, also with regard to protection of the environment. -- Contents: I Geological Aspects: 1 Geochemical Classification of Elements 2 Isomorphic Consanguinity & Dispersal of Elements 3 General Classification of Useful Minerals 4 Brief Description of Deposits 5 Minerals/Ores 6 Economic Assessment of Mineral Deposits II Principal Mechanical Methods of Ore Beneficiation: 1 Beneficiation of Ores/Minerals 2 Review of More Important Dressing Techniques III Principal Chemical Methods of Ore & Mineral Beneficiation: 1 Flotation 2 Classification & Application of Flotation Agents 3 Characteristics of the Various Groups of Collectors 4 Flotation Regulators 5 Importance of Frothing Agents in Flotation 6 Ion & Froth Flotation 7 New Developments in Flotation 8 Beneficiation & Recovery of Metals by Amalgamation 9 Application of Amalgamation Hydrometallurgy 10 Recovery of Some Metals by Amalgamation 11 High-Temperature Amalgamation Metallurgy IV Chlorination in the Extraction of Rare Metals: 1 Use of Chlorine in the Recovery of Rare Elements 2 Role of Reducing Agents in Chlorination 3 Review of Chlorinating Agents & Their Applications 4 Chloridizing Roasting 5/6 Mechanism of Chlorination with Metal Chlorides & FeCl3 7 Mechanism of Chlorinating Compounds Containing a Metal Which Can Occur in Several Oxidation States 8 Obtaining the Chlorides of Rare Metals V Methods of Recovering Metals from Solutions: 1 Theoretical Principles of Solvent Extraction Equilibria [Introduction; Definitions & Terminology; Classification of Solvent Extraction Systems; Mechanism of the Solvent Extraction of Inorganic Compounds: Principles; Influence of Certain Parameters on Extraction Equilibria; Methods of Studying the Mechanism of Solvent Extraction] 2 Review of More Important Solvent Extraction Systems & Their Application [General Remarks; Comparison of Extraction Systems] 3 Solvent Extraction Methods in Hydrometallurgy VI Technology of Rare Elements: 1 Copper 2 Silver 3 Gold 4 Cadmium 5 Mercury 6 Scandium 7 Yttrium, Lanthanum & the Lanthanides 8 Titanium 9 Zirconium & Hafnium 10 Vanadium 11 Niobium & Tantalum 12. Molybdenum 13. Tungsten 14. Rhenium 15. Cobalt 16. Nickel 17. Platinum Metals [Recovery of Silver - Recovery of Gold - Recovery of Platinum & Palladium - Recovery of Rhodium, Ruthenium, Osmium & Iridium - Properties & Applications of Platinum Group Metals & Their Compounds] 18. Lithium 19. Rubidium & Caesium 20. Beryllium 21 Boron 22 Gallium 23 Indium 24. Thallium 25. Diamond 26. Germanium 27. Selenium 28. Tellurium 29. Inert Gases 30. Thorium 31. Uranium; VII. Auxiliary Processes in the Recovery of Rare Elements: 1. Bacteria in Hydrometallurgical Processes (Classifcation of Bacteria & Their Characteristics - Characteristics of Thiobacteria - Chemistry of Ore Leaching - Practical Application of Thiobacteria and Ferrobacteria to the Leaching of Metals from Unprofitable Tailings & Ores] 2. Hydrometallurgical Treatment of Ores & Concentrates [Application of Hydrometallurgical Processes to the Treatment of Copper Ores] 3. Cementation 4. Adsorption Processes [Theoretical Principles of Sorption Processes - Sorbents - Activated Charcoal in the Recovery of Molybdenum & Rhenium] 5 Recovery of Metals from Solution by Reduction with Hydrogen.…