Superheavy Elements: What Are They & What Benefits/Drawbacks?

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The discussion revolves around superheavy elements, their characteristics, and potential advantages or disadvantages. Participants explore the nature of these elements, their radioactivity, and their practical applications.

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  • Participants inquire about the definition and properties of superheavy elements, questioning their practical uses and the implications of their radioactivity. Some express curiosity about the actinide series and its relation to superheavy elements.

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The discussion includes various inquiries about the characteristics and consequences of superheavy elements, with some participants providing links to articles for further reading. There is no explicit consensus, but multiple perspectives on the topic are being explored.

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Participants mention the short half-lives of superheavy elements and their high radioactivity, which may limit their practical applications. There are references to external resources for additional information, indicating a collaborative effort to gather knowledge.

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What r the superheavy elements?
what do they do?any advantage or disadvantage?(please be specific)
thnx!
 
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ulech21 said:
What r the superheavy elements?
what do they do?any advantage or disadvantage?(please be specific)
thnx!
Has one tried searching for articles on superheavy elements?

Is one familiar with the actinide series? All are radioactive, although Th-232 and U-238 have very long half-lives.

The superheavy elments begin with element 104 (Rutherfordium), and all are radioactive with very short half-lives. There is not practical use for them since they are high radioactive, radiologically unstable (very short half-lives), and are very expensive.

Here is a good article on superheavy elements -
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/19751

A European website for transfermium elements -
http://www.transfermium.net/

Here is a wikipedia article on transactinides (or IUPAC would prefer transactinoids), which are also known as superheavy elements - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactinide_element
 
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thnx
 
Astronuc said:
Has one tried searching for articles on superheavy elements?

Is one familiar with the actinide series?
Does one put the lotion on its skin? :biggrin:
 
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whaz the result after misusing the superheavy elements?
 
ulech21 said:
whaz the result after misusing the superheavy elements?
Can you be more specific? Do you mean are they radioactive? Yes. Of course, they only last minutes to microseconds, so you'd better hurry.
 
r there any disadvantage about superheavy elements??
 

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