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From Arsenic to Zirconium
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From Arsenic to Zirconium

by Peter Davern
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English
No Starch Press
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PROMETHIUM, Pm

THE PACEMAKER’S POWER PACK

 pee-jee

Short-lived ’n’ scarce in pitchblende ore, just 1 pg per ton,

FIFTH IN THE LANTHANOID SERIES

Promethium is the only radioactive element within the lanthanoid family of rare-earth metals in row 6 of the periodic table (see “Scandium, Sc” on page 60 for information on the rare earths). It occurs naturally—although very scarcely!—as a decay ...

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ISBN: 9781098122669