Rare earths'98. The international rare earths conference, including radio lanthanides in nuclear medicine therapy. Programme and abstracts

The rare earth elements and compounds have unique spectroscopic, magnetic and chemical properties. These materials not only provide interesting windows into many aspects of science but are being used in an ever increasing number of strategic applications, particularly in the high growth sectors of world economics. The conference covered various aspects of rare earths elemets and compounds, including photophysics, luminescence and spectroscopy, magnetic materials, minerals and materials characterisation, extraction and co-ordination chemistry, electronic and electrical properties as well as their applications in agriculture, nuclear medicine and environmental studies