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    The actinides are a series of radioactive metallic elements with atomic numbers 89-103. Many of the actinides are unstable and synthetic. They form stable 3+ ions and include elements such as thorium, uranium, plutonium, and curium. The actinides have varying oxidation states and colors. Thorium is the most stable naturally occurring actinide, while berkelium is the rarest. Uranium and plutonium are used in nuclear power.

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    The actinides are a series of radioactive metallic elements with atomic numbers 89-103. Many of the actinides are unstable and synthetic. They form stable 3+ ions and include elements such as thorium, uranium, plutonium, and curium. The actinides have varying oxidation states and colors. Thorium is the most stable naturally occurring actinide, while berkelium is the rarest. Uranium and plutonium are used in nuclear power.

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    The actinides are a series of radioactive metallic elements with atomic numbers 89-103. Many of the actinides are unstable and synthetic. They form stable 3+ ions and include elements such as thorium, uranium, plutonium, and curium. The actinides have varying oxidation states and colors. Thorium is the most stable naturally occurring actinide, while berkelium is the rarest. Uranium and plutonium are used in nuclear power.

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    T h e

    A c t i n i d e s

    T H E A C T I N I D E S A R E D E N S E , R A D I O A C T I V E M E TA L S , M A N Y O F W H I C H A R E U N S TA B L E , A N D T H E M A J O R I T Y O F W H I C H A R E M A D E S Y N T H E T I C A L LY

    89
    Ac

    90
    Th

    91
    Pa

    92
    U

    93
    Np

    94
    Pu

    95
    Am

    96
    Cm

    97
    Bk

    98
    Cf

    99
    Es

    100
    Fm

    101
    Md

    102
    No

    103
    Lr

    Actinium

    Thorium

    Protactinium

    Uranium

    Neptunium

    Plutonium

    Americium

    Curium

    Berkelium

    Californium

    Einsteinium

    Fermium

    Mendelevium

    Nobelium

    Lawrencium

    DATES OF DISCOVERY OF THE ACTINIDES

    Th

    Ac

    Pa

    1829

    1841

    1899

    1930

    T H E AC T I NI DE S A L L F O R M

    BERKELIUM IS THE

    Bk

    RAREST

    T HO R I UM C A N FO R M
    MORE COVALENT BONDS
    THAN ANY OTHER ELEMENT

    ( NO MO R E T HA N A F E W ATOM S AT
    A T I M E I N U R A N I U M D E P O S I T S )

    U3+

    U4+

    U5+

    Pu3+

    Pu4+

    Pu5+

    Pu6+

    Pu7+

    1944

    14

    T HO R I UM I S A

    PYROPHORIC

    U6+

    S O ME A C T I N I DE S HAV E
    OXI DAT I O N S TAT E S
    O F VA R Y I N G C O L O U R S

    1940

    URANIUM &
    PLUTONIUM
    A R E U S E D FO R
    NUCLEAR POWER

    STABLE +3 IONS

    N AT U R A L LY
    OCCURRING
    ELEMENT

    Np Pu Am Cm

    Th

    ELEMENT

    ( I G N I T E S S P O N TA N E O U S LY I N A I R )

    CURIUM IS SO
    RADIOACTIVE
    T HAT I T
    GLOWS PURPLE

    Cm

    Bk Cf
    1949 1950
    A C T I N I D E S N A M E D A F T E R FA M O U S S C I E N T I S T S

    1820

    NATURALLY ABUNDANT

    SYNTHETICALLY PRODUCED

    Es Fm Md Nb Lr
    1952

    1970

    1955 1958 1961

    CURIUM
    MARIE CURIE
    WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON RADIOACTIVITY &
    A L S O DI S COVE R E D P O LONI UM A ND R A DI UM

    EINSTEINIUM
    ALBERT EINSTEIN

    DEVELOPED GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY & WON


    NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

    FERMIUM
    ENRICO FERMI

    WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON RADIOACTIVITY &


    ALSO CONSTRUCTED THE FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR

    MENDELEVIUM
    DMITRI MENDELEEV
    CREATED THE MODERN PERIODIC TABLE & USED IT TO
    PREDICT PROPERTIES OF UNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS

    NOBELIUM
    ALFRED NOBEL

    THE INVENTOR OF DYNAMITE, & LEFT HIS FORTUNE


    AFTER HIS DEATH TO FOUND THE NOBEL PRIZES

    LAWRENCIUM
    ERNEST LAWRENCE

    WON A NOBEL PRIZE FOR THE INVENTION OF THE


    CYCLOTRON, A TYPE OF PARTICLE ACCELERATOR

    2014 COMPOUND INTEREST - WWW.COMPOUNDCHEM.COM

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