Chemistry of Radioactive Elements

Course guarantor:

Jan John

Lecturer:

Jan John

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Nuclear Chemistry

Synopsis:

The course gives a detailed overview of chemical properties of all known radioactive elements from the group of cis-uranium elements, actinoids and trans-actinoids.

Requirements:

Chemistry on the level of bachelor of chemistry.

Course of fundamentals of nuclear chemistry.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Definitions, classification. Technetium.

2.Promethium, Astatine, Francium.

3.Polonium, Radon.

4.Radium, actinide theory.

5.Actinium, Thorium.

6.Protactinium.

7.Uranium.

8.Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium.

9.Curium, Berkelium, Californium. Preparation of transuranium elements,

10.Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium.

11.Atom-at-a-Time-Chemistry. Position of trans-actinoid elements in the Periodic system.

12.Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

This course provides the students with the knowledge of nuclear properties, and inorganic analytical chemistry of all known radioactive elements.

The students will acquire competence to get oriented in the field of the properties, behaviour, and analytical procedures of all known radioactive elements.

Study materials:

Key Literature:

1.M. Schädel, D. Shaughnessy: The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements, 2nd Ed., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014

2.L. Morss, N. M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, J. J. Katz: The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol 1-5, 3rd Ed., Springer Netherlands, 2006

Recommended Literature:

1.N. M. Edelstein, J. Fuger, L. R. Morss: The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, Vol. 6, Springer Netherlands, 2011

2.I. Zvára: The Inorganic Radiochemistry of Heavy Elements, Springer Science, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6601-6

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomBR:314 John J. 15:00–16:50 (lecture parallel1) Břehová 7
Wed
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderná chemie (compulsory elective course)