REVIEW OF 'METALLURGY OF REFRACTORY RARE METALS,' By A. N. Zelikman

摘要

The textbook under review - in an earlier published version - has a number of virtues. First of all, it offers a plain, logical, and clear account with a great deal of information. Overall, the sequence followed and the amount of space given to different technological approaches precisely correspond to their actual role in modern industry and their ultimate potential. In describing the processes, consideration is given to physico-chemical bases, their technology, and apparatus formulation. All this makes it possible to obtain a complete picture of metals production and make the book useful to students as well as specialists Unlike the university -textbook "Metallurgy of Rare Metals" (M.: Metallurgiya, 1980), intended as an introduction to the technology for most rare metals - refractory, scattered, light, rare-earth, and radioactive - the "Metallurgy of Refractory Rare Metals" is written for students specializing in the metallurgy of only one group of rare elements. This assumes a higher scientific level of analyses for the physico-chemical bases of the processes, provides a wore detailed account, and collates and collates various versions of a technology for a single metal or the advantages of using one method for various metals.