Radioactive element in pitchblende
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POLONIUMRadioactive element in pitchblende.
uraninitemineral, probably originally uranium dioxide, UO2, but altered by radioactive decay, and usually containing uranium trioxide, lead, radium, and helium, occurring in several varieties, including pitchblende: the most important ore of uranium
URANIUMElement in pitchblende.
IONIUMRadioactive element discovered in 1907.
PLUTONIUMRadioactive element isolated in 1940.
mendeleviuman unstable radioactive element discovered in 1955
ACTINIUMRadioactive element that glows blue in the dark
mendeleviumsMENDELEVIUM, an unstable radioactive element discovered in 1955
uraniumwhite, radioactive metallic element, important in the development of atomic energy
uraniumswhite, radioactive metallic element, important in the development of atomic energy
poradioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; at. no.: 84; at. wt.: about 210
poloniumradioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; at. no.: 84; at. wt.: about 210
protactiniuma radioactive metallic chemical element, a member of the actinide series which occurs as a decay product in uranium ores
protactiniumsPROTACTINIUM, a radioactive metallic chemical element, a member of the actinide series which occurs as a decay product in uranium ores
technetiumThe chemical element of atomic number 43, a radioactive metal. Technetium was the first element to be created artificially, in 1937, by bombarding molybdenum with deuterons
curiumradioactive element not found in nature but discovered in 1944 among the products of plutonium after bombardment by high-energy helium ions. Symbol: Cm; at. no.: 96
curiumsradioactive element not found in nature but discovered in 1944 among the products of plutonium after bombardment by high-energy helium ions. Symbol: Cm; at. no.: 96
protactiniumThe chemical element of atomic number 91, a radioactive metal of the actinide series, occurring in small amounts as a product of the natural decay of uranium
actiniumradioactive silver-white metallic element that glows blue in the dark, resembling the rare earths in chemical behavior and valence. Symbol: Ac; at. no.: 89; at. wt.: 227
mendeleviumThe chemical element of atomic number 101, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. It does not occur naturally and was first made in 1955 by bombarding einsteinium with helium ions
einsteiniumThe chemical element of atomic number 99, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Einsteinium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion
promethiumThe chemical element of atomic number 61, a radioactive metal of the lanthanide series. It was first produced artificially in a nuclear reactor and occurs in nature in traces as a product of uranium fission
neptuniumThe chemical element of atomic number 93, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Neptunium was discovered as a product of the bombardment of uranium with neutrons, and occurs only in trace amounts in nature
thoricgrayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; at. wt.: 23
thoriumsgrayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; at. wt.: 23
thoriumgrayish-white, lustrous, somewhat ductile and malleable, radioactive metallic element present in monazite: used as a source of nuclear energy, as a coating on sun-lamp and vacuum-tube filament coatings, and in alloys. Symbol: Th; at. wt.: 23
plutoniumThe chemical element of atomic number 94, a dense silvery radioactive metal of the actinide series, used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and as an explosive in nuclear fission weapons. Plutonium only occurs in trace amounts in nature but is manufactured in nuclear reactors from uranium-238