1 The Mossbauer Effect. - 1. 1 Resonant absorption and fluorescence. - 1. 2 The Mossbauer effect. - 1. 3 The Mossbauer spectrum. - 1. 4 The Mossbauer spectrometer. - 1. 5 Mossbauer isotopes. - 1. 6 Computation of data. - References. - 2 Hyperfine Interactions. - 2. 1 The chemical isomer shift. - 2. 2 Magnetic hyperfine interactions. - 2. 3 Electric quadrupole interactions. - 2. 4 Combined magnetic and quadrupole interactions. - 2. 5 Relative line intensities. - References. - 3 Molecular Structure. - 3. 1 Iron carbonyls and derivatives. - 3. 2 Geometrical isomerism in Fe and Sn compounds. - 3. 3 Linkage isomerism in cyano-complexes of Fe. - 3. 4 Conformations in organometallic compounds of Fe. - 3. 5 Stereochemistry in tin compounds. - 3. 6 Molecular iodine compounds. - Appendix Quadrupole splitting in cis- and trans-isomers. - References. - 4 Electronic Structure and Bonding: Diamagnetic Compounds. - 4. 1 Formal oxidation state. - 4. 2 Iodine. - 4. 3 Tellurium and antimony. - 4. 4 Tin. - 4. 5 Covalent iron compounds. - References. - 5 Electronic Structure and Bonding:Paramagnetic Compounds. - 5. 1 Quadrupole interactions. - 5. 2 Magnetic hyperfine interactions. - 5. 3 Spin cross-over. - 5. 4 Pressure effects. - 5. 5 Second and third row transition elements. - 5. 6 Lanthanides and actinides. - References. - 6 Dynamic Effects. - 6. 1 Second-order Doppler shift and recoilless fraction. - 6. 2 The Gold an skii-Karyagin effect. - 6. 3 Electron hopping and atomic diffusion. - 6. 4 Paramagnetic relaxation. - 6. 5 Superparamagnetism. - References. - 7 Oxides and Related Systems. - 7. 1 Stoichiome tric spinels. - 7. 2 Non-stoichiometric spinels. - 7. 3 Exchange interactions in spinels. - 7. 4 Rare-earth iron garnets. - 7. 5 Transferred hyperfine interactions. - References. - 8 Alloys and Intermeiallic Compounds. - 8. 1 Disordered alloys. - 8. 2 Intermetallic compounds. - References. - 9 Analytical Applications. - 9. 1 Chemical analysis. - 9. 2 Silicate minerals. - 9. 3 Surface chemistry. - References. - 10 Impurity and Decay After-effect Studies. - 10. 1 Impurity doping. - 10. 2 Decay after-effects. - References. - 11 Biological Systems. - 11. 1 Haemoproteins. - 11. 2 Ferredoxins. - References. - Observed Mossbauer Resonances. Language: English