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Some of the problems associated with constructing a periodic classification of the transuranium elements.
Some of the problems associated with constructing a periodic classification of the transuranium elements.
| Module code and title: | S304, The nature of chemistry |
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| Item code: | S304; 27 |
| First transmission date: | 28-07-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributors: | David Johnson; Glenn Seaborg |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Americium; Chemistry; Periodic classification; Curium; Oxidation; Periodic Table; Plutonium; Uranium |
| Footage description: | Footage - Transuranium elements. Pre 1940 periodic table. Alfred Werner's periodic table (0'37"-1'42") - Experiment to give oxidation states of uranium (2'02"-2'58") - Animation of uranium compound bombarded with neutrons (5'23"-5'45") - Animation of uranium fission. Photo of Glenn Seaborg (6'16"-6'42") - Photo of Edward McMillan (7'26"-7'33") - Demonstration with uranium oxide on filter paper bombarded with neutrons (7'45"-8'28") - Formula of uranium 239 & isotope of element 93 (neptunium) (8'33"-9'07") - Glove box experiment with neptunium four. Oxidation states of uranium four. Periodic table (9'33"-10'12") - Caption of McMillan's 2 day isotope, neptunium 239 (11'35"-11'50") - Plutonium in oxidation states 3+, 4+ & 6+ (12'07"-12'35") - Lanthanide & Actinide series in periodic table (15'20"-16'06") - 1945 periodic table showing heavy elements as members of an actinide series (16'28"-17'15"). Experiment oxidising americium three. Solution of curium tripositive aqueous ion (17'56"-18'44") - Lanthanide separation. Separation of transcurium elements on an ion-exchange column (19'04"-19'49") - Experiment to illustrate the transition between the initial and final phases (21'52"-23'16"). |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72442 |
| Production number: | 00525_1235 |
| Videofinder number: | 1269 |
| Available to public: | no |
