The Rare Earths

Preface; Table of Abbreviations Employed in the References; Introduction by Sir William Crookes. Part I: Occurrence of the Rare Earths -- The Nature of the Minerals and their Mode of Occurrence; The Silicates; The Titano-silicates and Titanates; The Tantalo-Columbates; The Oxides and Carbonates; The Phosphates and Halides; The Monazite Sands[viii]; Radioactivity of the Minerals. Part II: The Chemistry of the Elements -- General Properties of the Cerium and Yttrium Groups; General Methods of Separation; The Cerium Group -- Cerium; The Cerium Group (continued) -- Lanthanum, Praseodymium, Neodymium, and Samarium; The Terbium Group; The Erbium and Ytterbium Groups -- Yttrium and Scandium; The Group IVa Elements -- Titanium; The Group IVa Elements (continued) -- Zirconium and Thorium. Part III: The Technology of the Elements -- The Incandescent Mantle Industry -- Historical and General Introduction; The Chemical Treatment of Monazite; The Manufacture of Mantles from Cotton and Ramie; Artificial Silk -- its Production and Use in the Mantle Industry; Other Technological Uses of the Cerium and Yttrium Elements, Zirconium and Thorium; The Industrial Applications of Titanium and its Compounds; Index.