Reviews the historical problem of the placement of the transuranium elements in the periodic table. The properties of the new elements are demonstrated, and the Hilac, an instrument used in making elements of very high atomic number, is shown. The transuranium elements so far discovered re neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, and einsteinium
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323029
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Atomic theory
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemical elements
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemistry - Research
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Periodic law
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)