In this second edition of a reference text for third- and fourth-year undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry and chemical engineering, Rydberg (professor emeritus, nuclear chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) includes new coverage of progress in the last ten years in the areas of solvent extraction processes, the use of solvent extraction in analytical applications and waste recovery, and computational chemistry methods for modeling the solvent extraction of metal ions. For this edition, there is a new chapter on ionic strength corrections, and new material on recent advances such as the documentation of new solvent matrices. The book reviews physical principles central to the technique, presents relevant formal expressions, and offers technical descriptions of processes and applications. Material is also of interest to researchers and developers in the chemical industry. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
