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WHAT DOES ACTINIDE SERIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Actinide

The actinide /ˈæktɨnaɪd/ or actinoid /ˈæktɨnɔɪd/ series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium through lawrencium. The actinide series derives its name from the group 3 element actinium. The informal chemical symbol An is used in general discussions of actinide chemistry to refer to any actinide. All but one of the actinides are f-block elements, corresponding to the filling of the 5f electron shell; lawrencium, a d-block element, is also generally considered an actinide. In comparison with the lanthanides, also mostly f-block elements, the actinides show much more variable valence. Of the actinides, primordial thorium and uranium occur naturally in substantial quantities and small amounts of persisting natural plutonium have also been identified. The radioactive decay of uranium produces transient amounts of actinium and protactinium, and atoms of neptunium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium are occasionally produced from transmutation reactions in uranium ores. The other actinides are purely synthetic elements.

Definition of actinide series in the English dictionary

The definition of actinide series in the dictionary is a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium.

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锕系
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serie de los actínidos
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actinide series
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actinide श्रृंखला
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سلسلة الأكتينيدات
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актиноидов
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série dos actinídeos
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অ্যাক্টিনাইড সিরিজ
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série des actinides
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Siri actinide
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Actinidreihe
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アクチニド系列
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액티 나이드 시리즈
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Seri actinide
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loạt actinide
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அதிரடித் தொடர்
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एक्टिनिड मालिका
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Aktinid serisi
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serie degli attinidi
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aktynowców
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актиноидов
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seria actinidelor
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η σειρά των Ακτινίδων
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actinide reeks
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aktinidserien
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actinide serien
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTINIDE SERIES»

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The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A ...
Introduction The actinide elements are radioactive metals that begin with the element actinium (8,,Ac) and continue through the element lawrencium (103Lr), and there is a subseries of the actinide series known as the transuranic elements.
Robert E. Krebs, 2006
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Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds
In the actinide series, the An.iPn3 compounds appear with Pu4Sba. The change from the AnaPn4 composition to the A^Pns composition coincides, in the actinide series of elements, with the appearance of the lanthanide character (f electron ...
G. Meyer, Lester R. Morss, 1991
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The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements ...
The total energy also includes a centrifugal term þl(lþ1)/r2 (l is the azimuthal quantum number), which tends to equalize the 5f, 6d, and 7p Coulomb energies, and the details vary along the actinide series as first shown by Goeppert Mayer ...
Lester R. Morss, Norman M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, 2010
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Actinides and the Environment
One of the main differences, therefore, between actinides and rare earths is the steeper change of the f-d energy difference along the actinide series (Fig. 4). This first of all makes americium trivalent, but also implies that a series of elements at  ...
P.A. Sterne, A. Gonis, A.A. Borovoi, 1998
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Crystalline Materials for Actinide Immobilisation
Actinide Series 1.1.1. History Natural actinides were discovered more than 200 years ago (see Table 1.1.1). Natural uranium and thorium found limited use in the 18th and 19th centuries when they were of fundamental interest only.
Boris E. Burakov, Michael I. Ojovan, W. E. Lee, 2011
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Element Recovery and Sustainability
All of the elements in the actinide series are radioactive and these unstable nuclei readily undergo radioactive decay into daughter nuclides (another nucleus type) by oc-and [Zr-decay or decay to a lower energy state (y-decay). As a general ...
Andrew Hunt, George A. Kraus, James H. Clark, 2013
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Neptunium Dioxide Precipitation Kinetics in Aqueous Systems
The stability of its complexes with other ions is weakest at the beginning of the actinide series where the ionic radii are larger, and increases slightly with the decreasing ionic radii that accompanies increasing atomic number in the series.
Amanda Melia Johnsen, 2008
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Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths
He termed this second rare-earth series the ''actinide series.'' The actinide elements do not tend to occupy the 6d orbital, but there is a gradual filling of the 5f shell over the actinide series. Although Seaborg assumed that thorium would be the ...
‎2010
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Synthetic Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry
5.3 COMPLEXES OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS Among the natural and artificial radioactive elements (Tc, Pm, Po, Fr, Ra, Ac, and actinides), coordination and organometallic compounds of only technetium and the actinide series (An) are ...
Alexandr D. Garnovskii, Boris I. Kharissov, 2003
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Concise Dictionary of Chemistry
Actinide series ¥ Active transport Activity series ¥ Adiabatic lapse rate Adsorbed ¥ Affinity Afforestation. acid. It can be formed by acrolein oxidation. It readily polymerizes and is used in the manufacture of acrylic resins, transparent plastic ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTINIDE SERIES»

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Going Back to Californium: A Changing View of Covalency
... across the actinide series. These late actinides, such as californium, are thought to possess highly ionic, lanthanide-like bonding where the ... «Newswise, Jun 15»
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The story of Neptunium's discovery
From staring at foldable chairs to going on to invent shopping carts, we are moving over to the discovery of an element in the actinide series. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Finding A Place For Exotic Elements In The Periodic Table
In standard periodic tables, Lr is located at the end as the last element in the actinide series, placing it as an f-block element. However, some ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Apr 15»
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Unravelling relativistic effects in the heaviest actinide element
As the last element in the actinide series, and similar to lutetium (Lu) as the last element in the lanthanide series, it was expected that Lr has a ... «Space Daily, Apr 15»
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Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Unravelling relativistic effects in the …
As the last element in the actinide series, and similar to lutetium (Lu) as the last element in the lanthanide series, it was expected that Lr has a ... «EurekAlert, Apr 15»
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3 Reasons To Buy Rare Earth Minerals Plc Now
... elements such as lanthanum, terbium, neptunium, fermium and others from the lanthanide and actinide series of elements. How wrong I was! «The Motley Fool UK, Feb 15»
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Californium compound springs bonding surprise
Californium is the last member of the actinide series with an isotope long-lived enough to be studied in a standard radiological facility. «Chemistry World, Mar 14»
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Could Tin be the Two-Dimensional Material of the Future?
While research last year indicated that the actinide series of elements (heavy metals) could produce topological insulators capable of operating ... «IEEE Spectrum, Nov 13»
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Exotic interactions uncovered in actinide systems
As well as uncovering the Φ interaction, the team also found that covalency does not necessarily increase uniformly as the actinide series is ... «Chemistry World, Nov 13»
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Facts About Lawrencium
Despite its placement late in the actinide series, lawrencium behaves more like the tripositive elements that come earlier in the actinide series, ... «LiveScience.com, Oct 13»
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