(chemistry) Elements that have atomic numbers greater than 92; all are radioactive and are products of artificial nuclear changes. Also known as transuranium elements.
transuranic elements
| Sci-Tech Dictionary: transuranic elements |
(¦tranz·yu̇′ran·ik ′el·ə·məns)
| 5min Related Video: transuranic elements |
Learn More
 | element |
| heavy-ion linear accelerator (nucleonics) |
| Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Scientist) |
Help us answer these
 | Describes how transuranic elements are produced? |
| Who discovered the transuranic elements from 94 to 102? |
| Why are there no ore deposits transuranic elements on earth? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Sci-Tech Dictionary. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
Related answers
- What is Discovery and production of transuranic elements?
- Transuranic elements are those beyond what atomic number?
- What is an element?
ADVERTISEMENT
Answer these
- Transuranic elements are?
- What are transuranic elements?
- How were the transuranic elements discovered?
- Explain the transuranic waste?
Mentioned in
- element
- heavy-ion linear accelerator (nucleonics)
- Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Scientist)
- Ida Eva Tacke Noddack (German chemist)
- Nuclear fuels reprocessing (nuclear engineering)
- Georgii Nikolaevich Flerov (Russian nuclear physicist)
- Otto Hahn
- Radioactive waste management (nuclear engineering)
- Nucleosynthesis
- Transuranium element
- Untrihexium
- Unbiseptium
- Unbiennium
- Untrinilium
