PRODUCTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURES IN THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY - EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION IN LANTHANOID OXO-CHEMISTRY

High-temperature reactions have always been a fascinating although difficult field of experimentation for the chemist. In the case of solid-state reactions the problems with apparatus increase exponentially with rising temperature, so that especially in this area of inorganic chemistry the modern techniques of producing high temperatures - from the solar furnace to the high-power CO//2 laser - have yielded new and interesting possibilities, particularly in the field of metastable high-temperature compounds.