Artificial elements

Author: Cai Shanyu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Focusing on Mendeleev's periodic law and Seaborg's actinide theory, this book provides a comprehensive review of the discovery, identification, synthesis pathways, chemical and physical separation techniques, as well as the preparation and production of a series of synthetic elements over more than half a century. The book collects various forms of the periodic table and extensively introduces the important applications of synthetic elements through numerous charts and tables. These applications include their use as fuel for core weapons, fuel for power reactors, targets for synthesizing heavy elements, multi-purpose radioactive sources and isotope energy, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic tools in nuclear medicine. The book also looks ahead to the future prospects of synthetic element synthesis. Additionally, it briefly introduces the research on new nuclides in China. The book features element 110 (Ds) and element 111 (Rg), along with the suggested Chinese names by the author— and . This book serves as a reference for professionals in fields such as chemistry, physics, nuclear energy, aerospace, petroleum, geology, nuclear instrumentation, and nuclear medicine. It is also suitable for teaching in higher and secondary schools, as well as for readers interested in these scientific disciplines.