transuranic element and radioactive isotopes (1 Viewer)

[crammy90]

- both produced using nuclear fussion (involving neutron bombardmant) and in particle accellerators
whats the difference between a transuranic element (>92) and a radioactive isotope. is it just the the later can include elements <=92 aswell as the transuranic elements (which i have assumed to all be radioactive isotopes) :SS

 

[Pwnage101]

yes

 

[brenton1987]

whats the difference between a transuranic element (>92) and a radioactive isotope.

All of the transuranics are radioactive isotopes (²³⁵U, ²³⁶Np, ²³⁸U, ²³⁹Pt, ²⁴¹Am, ²⁵⁰Cf) but not all radioactive isotopes are transuranic (³H, ¹⁰Be, ¹⁴C, ⁴⁰K, ⁴⁶Ca, ⁷⁶Ge)

The main characteristic of the transuranic element group is that none of them are naturally occuring on earth. Neptunium and plutonium are produced through uranium decay while every other element is made synthetically.