Elements beyond uranium

Book · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5324851

Seaborg, G T; Loveland, W D

This book is the 12th volume in a series on transuranium elements. Varied techniques for production of these elements, the methods used in the identification, and the exquisitely refined microchemical techniques required to deal wth samples sometimes involving only a few atoms are described in detail. The chapter on synthesis of the new elements is liberally laced with reminiscences of the proud progenitors as well as the criteria for the discovery of a new chemical element. The authors lament that the superheavy elements (elements in the region of atomic number 114) still elude detection even though their creation should be possible, and some, at least, should survive long enough to be detected. One chapter in the book is devoted to practical applictions of uranium, and the transuranic elements.

• OSTI ID: 5324851
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
400703* -- Radiochemistry & Nuclear Chemistry-- Radioisotope Production
ACCELERATORS
ACTINIDES
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
CYCLOTRONS
ELEMENTS
METALS
MICROANALYSIS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PRODUCTION
SAMPLING
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM
USES
WEAPONS