A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACTINIDE METALS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | June 5, 2007 | Copyright

The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following press release:

Researchers have a better understanding of how the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism.

Magnetic stabilization of the crystal structures of metals is rare. In some metals, such as manganese, iron, and cobalt, the magnetic interaction energy is large enough to influence the crystal structure.

However, recent research shows that magnetically stabilized crystal structures also include the heavy actinide element, curium (Cm). In a diamond-anvil cell study, Cm ...

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