What is Transuranium element?
A '''transuranium element''' is any [[chemical element]] that comes after [[Uranium]] in the [[periodic table]]. These elements have [[atomic number]]s greater than 92. All transuranium elements are [[radioactive]], and none are found in nature except [[Neptunium]] and [[Plutonium]]. An element that is radioactive will decay into other elements. [[File:Nuclear symbol.svg|alt=Radioactive sign.|thumb|All of these elements are radioactive.]] == Isotopes == From what we do know about the transuranium elements, as the atomic number goes up, the more radioactive it gets. Some isotopes have very long half-lives, such as [[Americium]]-243 having a [[half life]] of 7370 years. Others do not, like [[Tennessine]]-294 which has a half life of 51 milliseconds. == Uses == The applications of them are used far and wide, like how Uranium and Plutonium are used for fuel and weapons, [[Curium]] is used for rovers, [[Berkelium]] is used for creating other elements, notably [[Tennessine]], and [[Americium]] being used for smoke detectors. [[Fermium]] to [[Lawrencium]] really don't have uses and after that, what scientists call [[superheavy element]]s are [[Rutherfordium]] to [[Oganesson]], which also have no uses. ==References== *{{cite book|title=The Elements |last=Gray |first=Theodore |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-60376-184-0}} [[Category:Chemical elements|+]] {{chem-stub}}