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Americium, curium and californium—crystallizing the rarest elements
- February 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium. Understanding how these elements bond with other atoms (known as coordination chemistry), how they behave in water and how they can be separated from one another is crucial for safer nuclear waste management, new reactor technologies and advanced materials.
Originally published at Phys.org