Description
Book SynopsisThe 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 todisucss a broad range of chemical features, including low oxidation state chemistry, organometallics, metal-centered NMR spectroscopy, and cation-p interactions. Current and emerging applications of the metals are presented, including lithium-ion battery technology, hydrogen storage chemistry, superconductor materi
Table of ContentsContributors XI
Series Preface XV
Volume Preface XVII
PART 1: BACKGROUND 1
Interrelationships between the Lightest Metals 3
Nicholas C. Boyde and Timothy P. Hanusa
Occurrence and Production of Beryllium 23
Stephen Freeman
Occurrence of Magnesia Minerals and Production of Magnesium Chemicals and Metal 35
Mark A. Shand
Occurrence and Production of Aluminum 47
Halvor Kvande
Status as Strategic Metals 57
Deborah A. Kramer
Resource Sustainability 67
David A. Atwood
PART 2: FUNDAMENTALS 71
Low Oxidation State Chemistry 73
Michael S. Hill
Solution NMR of the Light Main Group Metals 91
Timothy P. Hanusa
Solid-State NMR of the Light Main Group Metals 117
Robert W. Schurko and Michael J. Jaroszewicz
Cation–π Interactions 173
Yi An and Steven E. Wheeler
Ion Channels and Ionophores 185
Peter J. Cragg
Beryllium Metal Toxicology: A Current Perspective 205
Terence M. Civic
PART 3: APPLICATIONS 211
Reimagining the Grignard Reaction 213
Sven Krieck and Matthias Westerhausen
Aryllithiums and Hetaryllithiums: Generation and Reactivity 231
D. W. Slocum
Magnesium and Calcium Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis 255
Merle Arrowsmith
Aluminum-Based Catalysis 281
Mark R. Mason
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Fundamentals and Safety 303
Isidor Buchmann
Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond: Future Design Challenges 315
Yoon Hwa and Elton J. Cairns
High-Pressure Synthesis of Hydrogen Storage Materials 335
Hiroyuki Saitoh, Shigeyuki Takagi, Katsutoshi Aoki and Shin-ichi Orimo
Processing and Applications of Transparent Ceramics 343
Ling Bing Kong, Yizhong Huang, Zhili Dong, Tianshu Zhang, Wenxiu Que, Jian Zhang, Dingyuan Tang and Sean Li
Light-Element Superconductors 371
Andreas Hermann
One-dimensional Nanostructure-enhanced Catalysis 387
Sibo Wang, Zheng Ren, Yanbing Guo and Pu-Xian Gao
Lithium Pharmacology 417
Philip G. Janicak and Bradley R. Cutler
Solar Energy and Photovoltaics 427
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
Abbreviations and Acronyms 437
Index 441
