What you need to know about rare earth minerals: “You can find them wherever you decide to look for them”
US president Donald Trump recently signed an agreement to share Ukraine’s mineral resources. Just how scarce are rare earth ...
Stanislav Kondrashov Releases New Article on the 17 Rare Earth Elements
Stanislav Kondrashov's latest article examines lanthanum's unique properties, industrial applications, and significance in metallurgy, alloys, ...
Named for a fire god, radioactive element at ORNL could now 'rewrite chemistry textbooks'
Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered a rare radioactive element called promethium. Nearly 80 years later, scientists have unlocked it.
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In an advance for promethium production, researchers get a new view of the element’s properties
Promethium’s short half-life and lack of stable isotopes makes it difficult to study. In addition, promethium is difficult to ...
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Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
Understanding the atomic behavior of transuranium elements can help ... different from the lanthanide terbium, which is located above actinides in the periodic table. “The electronic structure ...
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UB, Berkeley Lab scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...