Mössbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Inorganic Chemistry

and Historical Background.- Basic Concepts of Mössbauer Spectroscopy.- Mössbauer Spectrometers and Calibration.- Spectral Data Reduction and Refinement.- Mössbauer-Effect Isomer Shifts.- The Electric Field Gradient and the Quadrupole Interaction.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Magnetic Systems.- Relaxation Phenomena for Chemists.- X-Ray and Conversion Electron Mössbauer Scattering for Chemists.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy and the Coordination Chemistry of Iron.- Spin Transition in Iron Complexes.- Applications to Biological Systems.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Silicate Minerals.- Studies of Ceramics and Archaeological Materials.- Structure and Bonding in Tin Compounds.- Gold-197 Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Characterization of Gold Compounds.- One-Dimensional Magnetism.