General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 20 - Nuclear Chemistry - Questions and Problems - Page 867: 20.8

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We know that before the discovery of trans uranium elements, it was thought that curium should be placed after actinium in the periodic table. Seaborg and some other scientists discovered these elements had similar properties like lanthanides.
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