RADIOACTIV

E ELEMENTS
Presented by Ameen Zakeer
 01 THORIUM

TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 URANIUM
MENDELELE
03 VIUM
 04 RADIUM

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CALIFORNIU
05 M
 01
THORIUM
FACTORS TO CONSIDER

ATOMIC
symbol 02 NUMBER
(Th) 01 90

ATOMIC MASS 03 DISCOVERY

232.03806 u 04 Jons Jakob Berzelius : 1829
 THORIUM

Thorium is a weekly radioactive metal element with the symbol (Th) and atomic
number 90 and belongs to period 7. Thorium is silvery and tarnishes black when it is
exposed to air, forming thorium dioxide; it is moderately soft, malleable, and has a high
melting point.
THORIUM
Jons Jakob Berzelius
FOUNDER OF THORIUM Baron Jons Jakob
Berzelius(1779-1848) was a
swedesh chemist. He
discovered Thorium metal. He
is considered as one of the
founders of the modern
chemistry. He has also
discovered Selenium, Silicon,
Cerium
 02
URANIUM
FACTORS TO CONSIDER

ATOMIC
symbol 02 NUMBER
(u) 01 92

ATOMIC MASS 03 DISCOVERY

238.02891 u 04 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
 URANIIUM

Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol (U) and atomic number 92. It is a
silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. It was discovered by
Martin Heinrich Klaproth. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6
are valence electrons.
URANIUM
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
FOUNDER OF URANIUM Martin Heinrich Klaproth
was a German chemist. He
trained and worked for much
of his life as an apothecary,
moving in later life to
university. He discovered
Uranium, Zirconium,
Tellurium, Cerium, Beryllium.
 03
MENDELEVIUM
FACTORS TO CONSIDER

ATOMIC
symbol 02 NUMBER
(Md) 01 101

ATOMIC MASS 03 DISCOVERY

258 u 04 Glenn T. Seaborg and Albert
Ghiorso
 MENDELEVIUM

Mendelevium is synthetic element with the symbol (Md) and atomic number 101. It
was discovered in 1955 by Glenn T. Seaborg and Albert Ghiorso. It is named after
Dmitri Mendeleev. It has an Atomic mass of 258 u.
MENDELEVIUM
FOUNDERS OF MENDELEVIUM
GLENN T. ALBERT
SEABORG GHIORSO
 04
RADIUM
FACTORS TO CONSIDER

ATOMIC
symbol 02 NUMBER
(Ra) 01 88

ATOMIC MASS 03 DISCOVERY

226 u 04 Marie Curie and Pierre
Curie
 RADIUM

Radium is a chemical element with the symbol (Ra) and atomic number 88. Pure
Radium is silvery-white but really reacts with nitrogen on exposure to air, forming a
black surface layer of radium nitride. It was discovered by Marie Curie and Pierre
Curie. It is sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline
earth metals.
RADIUM
FOUNDERS OF RADIUM

MARIE CURIE PIERRE CURIE

 05
CALIFORNIUM
FACTORS TO CONSIDER

ATOMIC
symbol 02 NUMBER
(Cf) 01 98

ATOMIC MASS 03 DISCOVERY

251 u 04 Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory
 CALIFORNIUM

Californium is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol (Cf) and atomic number
98. The element was named after the university and the U.S. state of California. It was
discovered by Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory in 1950.
CALIFORNIUM
 Lawrence Berkeley National
DISCOVERED CALIFORNIUM
Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly
Laboratory referred to as Berkeley Lab, is
a United States National
Laboratory. It is in the hills of
Berkeley, California, the lab
overlooks the campus of the
University of California,
Berkeley.
 CONCLUSIONS
THIS PRESENTATION BY AMEEN ZAKEER DEALED
WITH FIVE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS FROM F BLOCK
ELEMENTS (LANTHANOIDS AND ACTINOIDS) WHICH
IS THORIUM, URANIUM, MENDELEVIUM, RADIUM AND
CALIFORNIUM.

THANKS FOR SPENDING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME!!!

 Ameen Zakeer
CLASS 11

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