Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the transuranium element berkelium. According to a new study, the electronic signature of ...
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UB and Berkeley Lab scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule ‘berkelocene’
The researchers named the molecule berkelocene because its structure is analogous ... that berkelium would behave like the lanthanide terbium, but the berkelium ion is much happier in the +4 oxidation ...
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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
More than 75 years after its initial discovery ... compared to other actinides is that it has a tetravalent oxidation state (a positive charge of +4) that’s stabilized by the berkelium ...
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Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule 'berkelocene'
The researchers named the molecule "berkelocene," because its structure ... like the lanthanide terbium," said Minasian. "But the berkelium ion is much happier in the +4 oxidation state than ...
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Cerium Separation from Light Rare Earth Concentrate by Liquid-Liquid Extraction ()
The separation of cerium was investigated in its trivalent and tetravalent forms ... volumetric ratio between the phases, and cerium oxidation state were investigated. The experiments were carried out ...
Unlocking the Mystery of Promethium: The Rare Earth Element Without Stable Isotopes
For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...