Recent advances in actinide science.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9780854046782

Recent advances in actinide science.

Ed. by Iain May et al.

Royal Soc. of Chemistry

2006

810 pages

$249.00

Hardcover

QD172

The 231 papers presented in this volume the editors (all of the Centre for Radiochemistry Research at the U. of Manchester, UK) had their origins in the international conference, "ACTINIDES 2005," held in July of that year. The topics range from the basic science and research on the actinide series--those 14 chemical elements lying between actinium and nobelium, inclusively, and representing the atomic ...

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