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neptunium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atomic number 93, np |
| Type of | metal, metallic element |
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Physicist Philip Abelson, the co-discoverer of neptunium, served as editor from 1962 to 1984.
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Neutrons were fired at an aluminium target filled with neptunium-237, of which there is a larger stockpile.
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Its isotope, Am-241 decays by emitting alpha particles and gamma radiation to become neptunium-237.
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The compounds they've studied are made out of elements in the actinide series, including neptunium and plutonium.
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Later, the resulting plutonium-238 was chemically separated from the neptunium target, which was then reused.
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The U.S. reported on the status of consideration of possible additional controls on americium and neptunium.
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Neptunium, on the other hand, hardly diffuses through the clay, and even after a month it is still almost where it started.
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In the tests inside a reactor at Oak Ridge, neutrons were fired at an aluminium target filled with radioactive neptunium-237.
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Following the lighter neptunium, plutonium, and heavier curium, americium was the fourth transuranium element to be discovered.
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- A radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium
- Neptunium is a chemical element with the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A radioactive metallic element, neptunium is the first transuranic element and belongs to the actinide series. ...
- N-P. For more information on this and other elements, see The elements. And for fun, see Elements by Tom Lehrer. To see this song with captions, go to The Elements song by Tom Lehrer.
