Halides of the Actinide Elements

Halides of the Actinide Elements Joseph J. Katz and Irving Shefi... 

Margot Becke-Goehring Halides of the Actinide Elements Joseph J. Katz and Irving Sheft Structure of Compounds Containing Chains of Sulfur Atoms Olav Foss... 

When these isotopes become available, chemical studies will be greatly simplified, and the complications introduced by the radioactivity of the actinide elements will be substantially minimized. The longest-lived isotopes of berkelium, californium, and einsteinium are still fairly short-lived substances, and macroscopic amounts have a tremendous associated radioactivity. Nevertheless, it should eventually be possible to prepare and study the solid halides of the actinide elements through the element einsteinium using weighable amounts of reactants. This remains for the future, however. The special experimental problems associated with highly radioactive substances are considered below. 

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