Beyond the Periodic Table’s Edge: Scientists Unravel New Chemistry for Heavy Elements
Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both ...
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 ...