Actinides

The state of energy production throughout the globe is experiencing the concern of availability and access to resources that aid in the production of needed energy, but also reducing the presence and production of carbon dioxide emissions. What is typically understood among nations invested in nuclear energy is that such technology is largely free of carbon dioxide emissions at the source of production- a favorable avenue in context to fossil fuel utilization, but is historically rot with…

refers to the atom’s capacity of binding and attracting electrons. Electronegativity increases left to right across a period (row) on the periodic table and decreases from top to bottom in a group on the table with the exceptions of noble gases, actinides, lanthanides, and transition metals for their lack of attracting electrons. Ionization energy refers to the energy needed to take away an electron from a neutral atom in a gas phase (Periodic Trends, n.d.). Ionization energy increases in a…

India 's nuclear programme started on March 1944 and its three-stage efforts in technology were established by Dr. Homi Bhabha when he founded the nuclear research centre, the Institute of Fundamental Research. Bhabha drew up the blue print of the nuclear energy programme in India. Based on early geological surveys, he decided that the vast deposits of thorium in the monazite sands of Kerala could be harnessed for securing India’s long-term energy needs. Thorium is particularly attractive for…

4) Elements can be created naturally through processes such as the big bang or other methods conducted by scientists. Scientists are able to create elements by using atomic colliders and quantum calculation. One process that scientists use to create new elements is to add protons one by one into an atom. This would increase the atomic number of the element which would change the identity of the element. The addition of protons causes a repulsion between the atoms because two positive forces…

In the last 60 years, Uranium mining has become the basis of one of the worlds most popular sources of energy. While Uranium is almost always used for nuclear energy, it is also used in medical isotopes. To obtain Uranium for nuclear power, it is generally mined in large open pit and underground mines. Like most other mines, mining Uranium destroys the ecosystem and landscape, produces lots of noise pollution, demolishes habitats and are very dangerous. More specifically, Uranium mines have an…

The world runs on energy. Very few of us would be alive today if it weren 't for the creation of electricity, a creation that has not only changed the world, but is the first technology to bring us beyond. It has quite literally powered everything since the second industrial revolution. With the strong demand by humans to secure energy came the strong desperation to obtain more of it. We quickly needed it for almost every aspect of modern society. Technology spurs from desperation. We quickly…

Development of the atomic theory throughout history Abstract This paper will explain many concepts of the atomic theory. It will also include very important information that involves 15 scientists and their contributions to the atomic theory. There are many different models that scientists constructed, that they believed atoms looked like. There are only 5 atomic models that have ever been accepted. Our perspective on the atom has changed throughout the years…

Siderophore enhances the mobility of metals and various types of metals such as Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, and the actinides Th (IV), U (IV) and Pu (IV) are solubilized by siderophore (Schalk et al., 2011). These characteristics of siderophore are arises due to its ligand functionalities and with the help of this property siderophores may have a strong binding affinity…

Before talking about the elements, the atom must be discussed first. Atoms are the building blocks of everything—from the structures of a building to a household pet. The idea of the atom was first suggested by Democritus, a Greek philosopher born in 460 BC. Democritus hypothesized “that atoms were indivisible and infinite in size and shape as well as firm and completely solid” and that they “existed in a void moving about combining and recombining” (European Graduate School). Later on, a…