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Ever since the foundations of spectroscopy were laid the problem of the relationship between the optical spectra emitted or absorbed by matter and the microscopic properties of the matter has been regarded as a fundamental problem. A class of very interesting systems with this regard is provided by non-metallic compounds of rare-earth ions with partially filled 4f shells. Their rich electronic structure is only weakly perturbed by the environment and provides a detailed fingerprint of the surrounding arrangement of atoms and their interactions with the f-electrons. 

Topsjzfe, H. in "Surface Properties and Catalysis by Non-Metals Oxides, Sulfides, and other Transition Metal Compounds", Bonnelle, J.P., et al., Ed. D. Reidel Publishing Company,... 

J0rgensen, C. K., Berthou, H. Photo-electron Spectra Induced by X-rays of Above 600 Non-metallic Compounds Containing 77 Elements, Mat. fys. Medd. Dan. Vid. Selskab (Copenhagen) 38, no. 15 (1972)... 

The aim of this chapter is to present a review of the high pressure optical studies on rare-earth ions in non-metallic compounds. Other methods, as for example neutron scattering, magnetic resonance techniques or MoBbauer spectroscopy will not be considered here, unless they provide additional valuable information to the optical studies. It will be demonstrated that the problem of host lattice structural dependence of 4f/v states can be effectively tackled by high pressure techniques and hopefully the interest for further, more refined high pressure studies of this problem can be stimulated. 

In a metallic compound the valence electrons form a collective belonging to the whole crystal. In a non-metallic compound, on the other hand, it is a useful approximation to consider the bonding valence electrons as localized between cation and anion in covalent crystals or on the anion in purely ionic crystals. Moreover, the electron balance is not influenced by the degree of covalency of the bonds, so that formally we can treat all cation-anion bonds as if they were ionic. For the valence electrons of a normal ionic compound Mm X the following relation holds ... 

Covalent Bonding Covalent bonds have directional character. Such bonds are generally formed by non-metallic elements. In such compounds the structures can be rationalised by coordination number and bonding geometry of atoms present, e.g.,... 

Hydroxides M(OH) comprise a numerous class of compounds ranging from strongly basic hydroxides of alkaline metals and alkaline earths, to the so-called amphoteric hydroxides (of beryllium, aluminium, zinc and others) and the hydroxides of transition metals, and further to hydroxo-acids formed by non-metals or semi-metals. 

With k being the dissociation constant (n-log k j ) of the substrate-enzyme complex for a metalloprotein with direct coordination of substrate S to the catalytic center (or in cases where nucleophilic substrates are retained by non-metal electrophiles such as aldehydes (sugars), H-bond donors, boron compounds for which c and x parameters are known) this is identical with Fq. 2.4. Thus k can be represented using x and c values, and the largest possible turnover at a given substrate... 

The rate of reaction and composition of the product mixture are considerably influenced by the purity of the silicon (> 99%) and by the addition of so-called promoters, for example metals, metal compounds, in particular zinc and tin, and non-metals or non-metal compounds, such as phosphorus compounds. 

The dimerization of olefins catalyzed by noble metal compounds is a non-oxida-tive reaction (eq. (32)). It takes place in the absence of any other reactant and often accompanies other reactions [78],... 

Compounds M(OH) range from the strongly basic compounds of the alkali and alkaline-earth metals through the so-called amphoteric hydroxides of Be, Zn, Al, etc. and the hydroxides of transition metals to the hydroxy-acids formed by non-metals (B(OH)3) or semi-metals (Te(OH)6). The latter are few in number and are included in other chapters. 

In a long and thorough review of the photoelectron spectra of a large number of non-metal compounds, attention is drawn to their ready interpretation by MO models. Topics such as electron-deficiency (of particular interest in the context of boron compounds), cr- and 7r-interaction, and electron-pair delocalization are also considered.7... 

Prepared samples can be passed through an ion-exchange column attached to an HPLC system to selectively retain metals present in the samples while the remaining sample is eluted from the column. The separation of organometallic or inorganic ions is favoured by ion exchange columns and the operating conditions are different from the analysis of non-metallic compounds particularly for retention and separation of trace elements. 

This method can be applied to practically all metals and certain non-metallic compounds too. Beams of the following metals have been produced and studied in some detail alkalis (Li, Na and K),44,45,46,47,52 Ba, Al, Ti and Ag,51 and indium.47 It has also been shown that a halogen atom beam can be produced by sputtering silver halides49 or alkali halides.50,124... 

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