Chemistry of the heaviest elements

Nagame, Yuichiro 

We demonstrate recent highlighted studies of the chemical characterization experiments with the heaviest elements conducted by state-of-the-art rapid chemical separation apparatuses: recent progress in liquid- and gas-phase chemistry, studies of redox reactions with a flow electrolytic cell combined with column chromatography, measurement of the first ionization potential using a surface ionization technique coupled to a mass separator, and adsorption studies by a unique method combining vacuum chromatography with surface ionization in a metallic ionizer of the ISOL (Isotope Separator On-Line). Recent achievements and prospects for future challenges in the heaviest element chemistry will be discussed.