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Americium, Curium and Californium -- Oh My! Crystallizing the Rarest Elements at LLNL
February 19, 2026
LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 19 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:

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Americium, curium and californium -- oh my! Crystallizing the rarest elements at LLNL

Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and californium. Understanding how these elements bond with other atoms (known as coordination chemistry), how they . . .

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