NEPTUNIUM

NEPTUNIUM

• Atomic number: 93
• Atomic mass: 237
• Symbol: Np

NEPTUNIUM

• Period: 7
• Group: 7
• It is a transition metal

HISTORY

• When was it discovered: 1940
• Where it was discovered: Berkeley, California
• Who discovered it: Edwin McMillan and Philip Abelson
• What it was used for: used for nuclear weapons
• Gots its name from the planet Neptune

SOURCES

• Neptunium is mined
• It naturally occurs in earth in uranium ores
• To make it, you bombard uranium with slow moving neutrons.

PROPERTIES

• Neptunium is a solid metal
• It is ductile
• Neptunium is silvery
• Melting point is 644 degrees Celsius
• Boiling point is 3902 degrees Celsius

PROPERTIES

• Fairly reactive
• If chemically put together it is extremely reactive
• Neptunium reacts with oxygen

COST

• Neptunium is worth
• $600 per grams

USES

• Not used in living things
• Used for research purposes
• Also used in neutron detection equipment
• Was used to make the worlds atomic bomb

UNIQUENESS

• Was the first transuranic element
• Got its name from the planet Neptune
• Because neptunium is by uranium
• Which was named after a planet too
• Neptunium is very rare

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