Halka M., Nordstrom B. Periodic Table of the Elements: Lanthanides and Actinides

Facts on File, Inc., NY, USA, 2011. — 225 p. — ISBN: 0816073724The general public may not be familiar with lanthanides, actinides, and transactinides, but these elements comprise approximately 35 percent of the total number of known elements. Attempts to produce new elements—or new isotopes of known elements—constitute an active area of scientific research. Providing high school and college students with an up-to-date understanding of these elements, Lanthanides and Actinides explains how they were discovered, as well as the practical applications that these elements have in today's scientific, technological, medical, and military communities.The Lanthanides or Rare Earth Elements
Actinium, Thorium, and Protactinium
Uranium
The Transuranium Elements
The Transactinide Elements
Future Directions