Technetium: The First Radioelement on the Periodic Table

• Erik V. Johnstone ^[1] ; Mary Anne Yates ^[2] ; Frederic Poineau ^[1] ; Alfred P. Sattelberger ^[1] ; Kenneth R. Czerwinski ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Nevada, Las Vegas

     University of Nevada, Las Vegas

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Argonne National Laboratory

     Argonne National Laboratory

     Township of Lemont, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 94, Nº 3, 2017, págs. 320-326
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The radioactive nature of technetium is discussed using a combination of introductory nuclear physics concepts and empirical trends observed in the chart of the nuclides and the periodic table of the elements. Trends such as the enhanced stability of nucleon pairs, magic numbers, and Mattauch’s rule are described. The concepts of nuclear binding energies and the nuclear shell model are introduced and used to explain the relative stability of radionuclides and, in particular, the isotopes of technetium.