The Actinide and Transactinide Elements

The Actinide and Transactinide Elements (Z=90-112) Table 31.6 Properties of actinide halides ... 

As a branch of chemistry, the activities of nuclear chemists frequentiy span several traditional areas of chemistry such as organic, analytical, inorganic, and physical chemistry. Nuclear chemistry has ties to all branches of chemistry. For example, nuclear chemists are frequently involved with the synthesis and preparation of radiolabeled molecules for use in research or medicine. Nuclear analytical techniques are an important part of the arsenal of the modem analytical chemist. The study of the actinide and transactinide elements has involved the joint efforts of nuclear and inorganic chemists in extending knowledge of the periodic table. Certainly, the physical concepts and reasoning at the heart of modem nuclear chemistry are familiar to physical chemists. In this book we will touch on many of these interdisciplinary topics and attempt to bring in familiar chemical concepts. 

Extraction processes (TRUEX, PUREX, Talspeak, DIAMEX, PARC, etc.) generally involve complexation of transplutonium elements by alkyl phosphines, phosphine oxides, phosphoric acids, carbamoyl phosphonates, diamides, and thiophosphinates in aqueous/organic extractions, within derivatized solid supports, or on coated particles. There are excellent reviews of the processes and significant complexes by Mathur et al. and selected chapters in The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements to be published in 2003. " Work on the separation for nuclear waste management in the United States, France, and Russia have been reviewed. " ... 

Bums CJ, Eisen MS (2006) In Organoactinide Chemistry Synthesis and Characterization, Morss LR, Edelstein N, Fuger J (eds) The chemistry of the actinide and transactinide elements, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin... 

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