Biochemistry of the Lanthanides

by Carolyn Evans and Christopher H. Evans

By a happy coincidence, the completion of this text coincided with the 200th anniversary of the discovery of gadolinite, the mineral with which the lanthanide story begins. For a group of elements which occur in only trace amounts biologically, and which have no known metabolic role, the lanthanides have spawned a surprisingly large biochemicalliterature. Se- rious interest in the biochemical properties ofthese elements can be traced to concerns about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468487507
• ISBN13: 9781468487503
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"