Handbook of the Analytical Chemistry of Rare Elements (First Edition)

A. I. Busev, V. G. Tiptsova, and V. M. Ivanov. Translated from the Russian by J. Schmorak.

ISBN 10: 0250399601 / ISBN 13: 9780250399604

Published by Ann Arbor-Humphrey Science Publishers, Ann Arbor, 1970

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Used book, a clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding, ex-library copy with usual markings. Text itself is clean. issued without a jacket. Ann Arbor & London: Ann Arbor-Humphrey Science Publishers, 1970. First English edition. First printing. Hardcover. Original publisher s yellow cloth, stamped in brown. Issued without dust jacket, as published. Octavo. xii, 402 pages. Illustrated with tables, reaction schemes, molecular diagrams, and analytical charts. Translated from the Russian by J. Schmorak. A comprehensive technical handbook devoted to the analytical chemistry of rare and dispersed elements, intended for professional chemists, metallurgists, and laboratory researchers. The volume systematically treats the qualitative and quantitative determination of rare elements across the periodic table, with emphasis on trace analysis and separation techniques. Individual chapters detail classical and instrumental analytical methods, including gravimetric, titrimetric, spectrophotometric, polarographic, and extraction-based procedures. The text provides step-by-step laboratory procedures, lists of reagents, detection limits, interferences, and comparative method reliability. Extensive tabular material summarizes reaction conditions, selectivity, sensitivity, and analytical accuracy. Special attention is given to rare earth elements, actinides, and less commonly encountered metals of industrial and geochemical importance. The work concludes with multiple technical appendices, comprehensive bibliographical references for each section, and a detailed index for laboratory use. A standard mid-century reference for analytical laboratories dealing with rare elements in metallurgy, geology, nuclear chemistry, and materials science, representing the authoritative Soviet analytical chemistry tradition made accessible to English-language researchers. The authors are three Soviet analytical chemists, all active in mid-20th-century inorganic and analytical chemistry: A. I. Busev, the lead author and the most prominent of the three. Busev was a well-known Soviet specialist in analytical chemistry of rare and trace elements, particularly separation methods, complexation, and quantitative analysis. He authored and co-authored several authoritative laboratory manuals used in Soviet research institutes and technical universities. V. G. Tiptsova (co-author) worked in analytical and inorganic chemistry, contributing especially to method development and reagent systems for the detection and measurement of rare elements. Her work appears primarily in collaborative institutional publications rather than standalone monographs. V. M. Ivanov (co-author) was involved in applied analytical chemistry, with a focus on laboratory techniques, tables, and procedural standardization for trace-element analysis. This book reflects the Soviet school of analytical chemistry, which emphasized exhaustive procedural detail, reproducibility, and comparative method analysis. Authorship in this period was often collective and institutional; the authority of the work lies less in individual celebrity and more in its role as a state-level technical reference later translated for Western laboratories during the Cold War era.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of the Analytical Chemistry of Rare Elements (First Edition)
• Publisher: Ann Arbor-Humphrey Science Publishers, Ann Arbor
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0250399601
• ISBN 13: 9780250399604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket