New technique streamlines synthesis of heavy element compounds
than other elements in the periodic table because they are extremely difficult to produce and are both radioactive and toxic.
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Chemistry riddle: Lasers probe nuclear structure of elements to test periodic table’s limit
How far can the periodic table go and will we ever synthesize ... a method traditionally limited to radioactive isotopes of naturally occurring elements, with a track record at specialist ...
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The most weird and wonderful elements in the periodic table
They all have a link to the periodic table, which turned 150 in 2019! Here are some fascinating elements that you ... during the Cold War, its radioactive isotope Kr-85 was used to estimate ...
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Why You Can’t Combine All The Elements Of The Periodic Table In A Single Compound
These molecules will be falling apart before we know it, with the heavier elements decaying and possibly starting a chain reaction with the radioactive elements, which are more stable. Bang ...
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Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
The periodic table of chemical elements, often called the periodic table, organizes all discovered chemical elements in rows (called periods) and columns (called groups) according to increasing atomic ...
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Chemistry in its element: francium
When Mendeleev first proposed his periodic table in 1869 he left gaps for elements not ... Many false claims were made before it was realised that the missing element would be radioactive with no ...
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Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be ‘fished out’ of nuclear waste
Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to ‘fish out’ the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste ... interact with elements from around the periodic table ...