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The Transuranium People - The Inside Story

Darleane C. Hoffman, A. Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg

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Neptunium and plutonium the plutonium people Americium and curium berkelium and californium the big bang - discovery of einsteinium and fermium mendelevium nobelium and lawrencium rutherfordium and hahnium seaborgium bohrium (107), hassium (108) and meitnerium (109) elements 110, 111 and 112 naming controversies and the Transfermium Working Group searches for the superheavy elements reflections and predictions.

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Key concepts: Transuranium element, Curium, Americium, Plutonium, Californium, Neptunium, Actinide, Radiochemistry