Zinc Cadmium And Mercury

Examines the characteristics, behaviour, occurrence, isolation and uses of zinc, cadmium, mercury and their compounds. Suggested level: secondary.

Interest in the title compounds has fallen into three phases: initial study of their solution chemistry, study of their role in the electrode reactions of alkaline batteries during and since World War II, and present concern over the mechanisms by which these elements can enter the environment through dissolution processes, sometimes with toxic results. This volume provides a complete compilation of solubility data published up to 1984, including all pertinent articles, together with critical evaluations of the data. Almost all the measurements relate to aqueous systems.

This Special Issue deals with crystal–chemical aspects of the zinc triad elements, thereby spanning a broad range from alloys, metal–organic compounds, and ionic compounds, through to molecular species.