Status of the lanthanides and actinides in the periodic table

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5132348

Holden, N E

In extended discussions and correspondence with Ekkehard Fluck, the author was made aware of a problem with the Periodic Table, i.e., which element should be shown in the main table as the representative of the lanthanide series and the actinide series. In earlier discussion, he came to the conclusion that lanthanum and actinium are not the elements which should appear, but rather lutetium and lawrencium are more appropriate for inclusion in their place. This paper will attempt to justify the reasons for the above conclusions. 4 refs.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5132348
• Report Number(s): BNL-NCS-36964; CONF-8508138-18; ON: DE86001188
• Resource Relation: Conference: 33. IUPAC general assembly, Lyon, France, 30 Aug 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ACTINIUM
MELTING POINTS
THERMAL EXPANSION
LANTHANUM
LAWRENCIUM
LUTETIUM
SCANDIUM
YTTRIUM
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DENSITY
HCP LATTICES
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
YOUNG MODULUS
ACTINIDES
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELEMENTS
EXPANSION
HEXAGONAL LATTICES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
METALS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RARE EARTHS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
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