Production and chemistry of transuranium elements

永目 諭一郎; 平田 勝; 中原 弘道*

Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry, p.817 - 875, 2011/02

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0720-2_18

This chapter reviews historical perspective of transuranium elements and recent progress on production and studying nuclear properties of transuranium nuclei. Exotic decay properties of heavy nuclei are also introduced. Chemical properties of transuranium elements in aqueous and solid states are summarized based on the actinide concept. For new application of studying transuranium, an X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) method and computational chemistry are surveyed.