The First Transuranic: Element 93
With its 93 protons, neptunium is the first transuranium element, located just to the right of uranium on the Periodic Table. Neptunium was first synthesized by Edwin McMillan and Philip H.
What are transuranic elements list them in order?
List of the transuranic elements
- 104 rutherfordium Rf.
- 105 dubnium Db.
- 106 seaborgium Sg.
- 107 bohrium Bh.
- 108 hassium Hs.
- 109 meitnerium Mt.
- 110 darmstadtium Ds.
- 111 roentgenium Rg.
Which of the following is a transuranic element?
Transuranic elements are members of the actinide series beyond uranium, beginning with neptunium (atomic number 93). The last in the series is element 103 (lawrencium). All are artificially produced in nuclear reactors, accelerators, or explosions of nuclear weapons, and all have several isotopes that emit alpha rays.
