Transuranium Elements

The advent of the nuclear age has given mankind the ability to synthesize new elements of higher molecular weight and number. While these man-made elements are exciting research curiosities, they are short-lived and radioactive so they are of little commercial interest from a separations standpoint at this time.

  • 93

    Np

    Neptunium

  • 94

    Pu

    Plutonium

  • 95

    Am

    Americium

  • 96

    Cm

    Curium

  • 97

    Bk

    Berkelium

  • 98

    Cf

    Californium

  • 99

    Es

    Einsteinium

  • 100

    Fm

    Fermium

  • 101

    Md

    Mendelevium

  • 102

    No

    Nobelium

  • 103

    Lr

    Lawrencium

  • 104

    Rf

    Rutherfordium

  • 105

    Db

    Dubnium

  • 106

    Sg

    Seaborgium

  • 107

    Bh

    Bohrium

  • 108

    Hs

    Hassium

  • 109

    Mt

    Meitnerium

Plutonium

 

Plutonium is commercially separated using ion exchange resins but this work is only carried out by qualified laboratories under carefully controlled conditions. DuPont does not recommend the use of our resins in the highly ionizing conditions of this separation.

 
 
 

Uranium

 

Uranium is 48th in abundance in the Earth's crust. It is very dense so it is used for ballistics and specialty applications. For its use in nuclear reactors, uranium must be extremely pure. Uranium is quite reactive, forming a wide range of intermetallic compounds.

Learn more about the separation of Uranium from liquid media