Description:

The course gives a detailed overview of chemical properties of all known radioactive elements from the group of cis-uranium elements, actinoids and trans-actinoids.

Contents:

1. Definitions, classification. Technetium.
2. Promethium, Astatine, Francium.
3. Polonium, Radon.
4. Radium, actinide theory.
5. Actinium, Thorium.
6. Protactinium.
7. Uranium.
8. Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium.
9. Curium, Berkelium, Californium. Preparation of transuranium elements,
10. Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium.
11. Atom-at-a-Time-Chemistry. Position of trans-actinoid elements in the Periodic system.
12. Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium.

Recommended literature:

Key Literature:
1. M. Schädel, D. Shaughnessy: The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements, 2nd Ed., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014
2. L. Morss, N. M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, J. J. Katz: The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol 1-5, 3rd Ed., Springer Netherlands, 2006
Recommended Literature:
1. N. M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, L. R. Morss: The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol. 6, Springer Netherlands, 2011
2. I. Zvára: The Inorganic Radiochemistry of Heavy Elements, Springer Science, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6601-6

Keywords:

Technetium, Promethium, Astatine, Francium, Polonium, Radon, Radium, actinide theory, actinides, Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, transactinides, superheavy elements, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar