Editors: Dawn M. Angrove | Book Description: Magnetite is the most magnetic of all the naturally occurring minerals on Earth. Naturally magnetized pieces of magnetite, called lodestone, will attract small pieces of iron, and this was how ancient man first discovered the property of magnetism. This book gathers and presents current research from across the globe in the study of magnetite; its structure, properties and applications. Some topics discussed, herein, include adsorption and magnetothermal phenomena of high-disperse magnetite; electrochemical properties of magnetite and its role in flow accelerated corrosion; the unique structures and properties of magnetite and its relevance to biology and biotechnology; the synthesis methods of magnetite particles in wet chemistry; and magnetic hyperthermia studies in magnetite ferrofluids. (Imprint: Nova) | Please click on a chapter below to purchase separately | Chapter 1 – Magnetite: The Story of the Mineral’s Formation and Stability pp. 1-100 Authors / Editors: (Arkady Pilchin, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | Chapter 2 – Magnetite Nano-Particles in Information Processing: From the Bacteria to the Human Brain Neocortex pp. 101-142 Authors / Editors: (Marcos Arturo Martínez Banaclocha, Helios Martínez Banaclocha, Servicio de Patología, Hospital Lluis Alcanyis, Játiva, Spain, and others) | Chapter 3 – Adsorption and Magnetothermal Phenomena of High-Disperse Magnetite pp. 143-178 Authors / Editors: (V.V. Korolev, A.G. Ramazanova, O.V. Balmasova, D.V. Korolev, Institute of Solution Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivanovo, Russia, and others) | Chapter 4 – Magnetite Applications for Reduction of Chlorinated Organic Compounds and Hexavalent Chromium pp. 179-208 Authors / Editors: (Sungjun Bae, Woojin Lee, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea, Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejon, Korea) | Chapter 5 – Catalytic Applications of Magnetite: Hydrogen Production through WGS Reaction pp. 209-236 Authors / Editors: (Javier Dufour, Carmen Martos and Aida Ruiz, Department of Chemical and Energy Technology. ESCET. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Móstoles, Madrid, and others) | Chapter 6 – Catalytic Applications of Magnetite: Impacts on the Industry and on the Environment pp. 237-260 Authors / Editors: (Maria do Carmo Rangel, Sirlene Barbosa Lima and Márcia Souza Ramos GECCAT,Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Campus Universitário de Ondina, Federação. 40 170-280, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) | Chapter 7 – Magnetite: Electrochemical Properties and its Role in Flow Accelerated Corrosion pp. 261-298 Authors / Editors: (Ki-Sok Jung, Ki-Woung Sung, Nuclear Fusion Engineering Development Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, The Republic of Korea, and others) | Chapter 8 – Structure, Properties, Microbiology and Applications of Magnetite pp. 297-316 Authors / Editors: (R.U. Onyenwoke, J. Wiegel, Neuroscience Center, UNC School of Medicine,. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) | Chapter 9 – From Polynuclear Complex Precursors to Magnetite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Properties pp. 317-336 Authors / Editors: (Daniela C. Culita, Gabriela Marinescu, Luminita Patron, Institute of Physical Chemistry “Ilie Murgulescu”, Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, Romania) | Chapter 10 – Novel Environmental Friendly Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles in Organic Solvent-Free Water System using Mechanochemical Effect pp. 337-354 Authors / Editors: (Tomohiro Iwasaki, Department of Chemical Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka, Japan) | Chapter 11 – Magnetite: Structure, Properties and Applications pp. 355-366 Authors / Editors: (Fredrik C. Størmer, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway) ***Open Access Chapter. Free Download Available*** | Chapter 12 – Crystallographic Studies on Polygenetic Magnetites from Diverse Types of Felsic Bodies in India pp. 367-378 Authors / Editors: (Yamuna Singh, Anjan Chaki, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Hyderabad, India) | Chapter 13 – Magnetic Hyperthermia Studies in Magnetite Ferrofluids pp. 379-392 Authors / Editors: (Roberta Viana Ferreira, José Domingos Fabris, Rosana Zacarias Domingues, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) | Chapter 14 – Optical Probing of Magnetic Field-Induced Phenomena in Magnetite-Based Ferrofluids pp. 393-438 Authors / Editors: (E. Stefan Kooij, Aurelian C. Galca, Bene Poelsema, Solid State Physics Group, MESA Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and others) | Chapter 15 – Magnetic Minerals, Life, and its Emergence pp. 439-472 Authors / Editors: (Gargi Mitra-Delmotte, 39 Cite de l’Ocean, Montgaillard, St.Denis 97400, Reunion) | Series: Earth Sciences in the 21st Century | Binding: Hardcover | Pub. Date: 2011 – 2nd quarter | Pages: 489.pp | ISBN: 978-1-61761-839-0 | Status: AV | |