actinides
After disintegration all radioactive elements are transformed in other elements.
The family of radioactive elements is called the Actinides. This group includes elements such as uranium, thorium, and plutonium, which are known for their radioactive properties.
How many radioactive elements are made only in a laboratory?
Yes, mendelevium is man made and radioactive.
The actinides
What an interesting question. The answer is however complex.It is possible to make small amounts of some radioactive elements or radioactive isotopes of some elements in a laboratory (usually involving a nuclear pile or an accelerator). For instance the element Plutonium is made this way.(Other radioactive elements are produced naturally by the radioactive decay of heavier radioactive elements)However, making a radioactive element or isotope from scratch requires the application of an enormous amount of energy. The place where all elements heavier than the element Iron (Fe - Atomic number 26) are made is in stellar explosions, the death of stars 8 or more times more massive than our Sun, called "supernovas".It is in supernova explosions that the radioactive elements are made.
This family is called, after IUPAC nomenclature -- actinoids.
No. The sun is made up of a ball of gases, and the only radioactive gas we know of is Radon. Also, most radioactive elements are man-made.
All are radioactive, dangerous and unstable
All actinides are radioactive elements and some are man made.
All actinides are radioactive elements and some are man made.
No, trace elements are not necessarily radioactive. A link to a list of elements that have no natural radioactive isotopes is at a related question, below.