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How To Collect Lawrencium Atoms

Bob Silva demonstrates and describes the experimental preparation for the collection of Lr atoms. download

Discovery of Lawrencium

The presentation includes discussion of the discovery of Lawrencium with the heavy-ion layer accelerator or HILAC and the reaction used to produce it. download

The HILAC or Heavy-Ion Linear Accelerator

The HILAC is shown and described. Experimental parameters for bombardment are considered. download

First Chemical Separation of Lawrencium at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in 1970

Bob Silva from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley describes Glenn Seaborg's prediction of an actinide series with elements 102 and 103 (Nobelium and Lawrencium) discovered by this laboratory

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The Prediction of the Actinide Series

Glenn Seaborg discusses the initial failure to chemically identify elements 95 and 96 (Americium and Curium) and later describes his prediction of the actinide series


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Plutonium and Why It Was Kept a Secret

Glenn Seaborg talks about the discoveries of Actinium and Plutonium and the reasons for keeping the discovery of Pu a secret


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Plutonium

A Brief Note about Plutonium by Glenn Seaborg
One sentence on how Pu was a means of extending the boundary of the periodic table.


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chemical reactions - precipitation 2

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chemical reactions - precipitation 1

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Thomson_expt

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gas laws - Charles law

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chemical bonding - benzene

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atomic structures - Rutherford1_expt

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