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The periodic table – an experimenter’s guide to transactinide chemistry

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Published/Copyright: March 16, 2019
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 107 Issue 9-11

Abstract

The fundamental principles of the periodic table guide the research and development of the challenging experiments with transactinide elements. This guidance is elucidated together with experimental results from gas phase chemical studies of the transactinide elements with the atomic numbers 104–108 and 112–114. Some deduced chemical properties of these superheavy elements are presented here in conjunction with trends established by the periodic table. Finally, prospects are presented for further chemical investigations of transactinides based on trends in the periodic table.

Keywords: Periodic table; trends; transactinides; gas phase; predictions

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Received: 2018-11-14
Accepted: 2019-02-18
Published Online: 2019-03-16
Published in Print: 2019-09-25

©2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial: 150 years of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  3. Part A: Actinides and Transactinides
  4. Evolution of the periodic table through the synthesis of new elements
  5. Nuclear and chemical characterization of heavy actinides
  6. Direct mass measurements and ionization potential measurements of the actinides
  7. Relativity in the electronic structure of the heaviest elements and its influence on periodicities in properties
  8. The periodic table – an experimenter’s guide to transactinide chemistry
  9. Synthesis and properties of isotopes of the transactinides
  10. Part B: Nuclear Energy
  11. Homogenous recycling of transuranium elements from irradiated fast reactor fuel by the EURO-GANEX solvent extraction process
  12. Separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides using various ‘N’, ‘S’ and mixed ‘N,O’ donor ligands: a review
  13. Separation of actinides from lanthanides associated with spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in China: current status and future perspectives
  14. Contamination of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station with actinide elements
  15. Protactinium(V) in aqueous solution: a light actinide without actinyl moiety
  16. What do we know about actinides-proteins interactions?
  17. Part C: Medical Radionuclides
  18. Positron-emitting radionuclides for applications, with special emphasis on their production methodologies for medical use
  19. Radiochlorine: an underutilized halogen tool
  20. Radiobromine and radioiodine for medical applications
  21. Radiochemical aspects of alpha emitting radionuclides for medical application
  22. Chelators and metal complex stability for radiopharmaceutical applications
https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2018-3080
Keywords for this article
Periodic table; trends; transactinides; gas phase; predictions

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Editorial: 150 years of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  3. Part A: Actinides and Transactinides
  4. Evolution of the periodic table through the synthesis of new elements
  5. Nuclear and chemical characterization of heavy actinides
  6. Direct mass measurements and ionization potential measurements of the actinides
  7. Relativity in the electronic structure of the heaviest elements and its influence on periodicities in properties
  8. The periodic table – an experimenter’s guide to transactinide chemistry
  9. Synthesis and properties of isotopes of the transactinides
  10. Part B: Nuclear Energy
  11. Homogenous recycling of transuranium elements from irradiated fast reactor fuel by the EURO-GANEX solvent extraction process
  12. Separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides using various ‘N’, ‘S’ and mixed ‘N,O’ donor ligands: a review
  13. Separation of actinides from lanthanides associated with spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in China: current status and future perspectives
  14. Contamination of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station with actinide elements
  15. Protactinium(V) in aqueous solution: a light actinide without actinyl moiety
  16. What do we know about actinides-proteins interactions?
  17. Part C: Medical Radionuclides
  18. Positron-emitting radionuclides for applications, with special emphasis on their production methodologies for medical use
  19. Radiochlorine: an underutilized halogen tool
  20. Radiobromine and radioiodine for medical applications
  21. Radiochemical aspects of alpha emitting radionuclides for medical application
  22. Chelators and metal complex stability for radiopharmaceutical applications
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