A Half Century. Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Divisions of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, the History of Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society
Honours the chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and
engineers who were the pioneers of transuranium research in the
1940s with reviews of the discoveries of transuranium elements and
of the chemical foundations of transuranium-research, written by
the pioneers themselves. Opens with a comprehensive review by Glenn
T. Seaborg of the discovery of transuranium elements and his
perspective on the future of the field. Emphasizes contemporary
research with articles on nuclear chemistry and physics;
spectroscopy, photophysics, and photochemistry; inorganic and
analytical chemistry; materials physics and chemistry; and solution
and environmental chemistry of the transuranium elements.
