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actinide series

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actinide series
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(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
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Noun1.actinide series - (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"


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However, recent experiments show that hahnium has a number of chemical properties resembling those of protactinium, a naturally occuring element situated beside uranium in the so-called actinide series.
A chemical glance at short-lived elements by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
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