Status report on the transuranium elements

Book · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:4405236

Seaborg, G T

From 24th IUPAC congress; Hamburg, Germany (2 Sep 1973). The present status of the known transuranium elements is briefly reviewed, with emphasis on those most recently discovered. In the years following the completion of the actinide series with the discovery in 1961 of the eleventh transuranium element (lawrencium, element 103), the first two transactinide elements, elements 104 and 105, were discovered. There are competing claims by U. S. and Soviet scientists for the discovery of these two elements. The chemical properties and the position in the periodic table of these 13 known transuranium elements are discussed. Plans for the synthesis and identification of additional near- transactinide elements and for the far-transactinide elements, the superheavy elements, are discussed. Predictions are made concerning the chemical properties, electronic structures and position in the periodic table of these elements. The possible synthesis of the transactinides, including the superheavy elements, by means of bombardments with heavy ions is described. This includes a discussion of the predicted nuclear properties of these elements and the nuclear reactions that might be used in their production. (12 figures, 6 tables) (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Berkeley
• NSA Number: NSA-29-009044
• OSTI ID: 4405236
• Country of Publication: Germany
• Language: English

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