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UI research team’s discovery could expand use of rare earth element
A research team involving University of Iowa chemists reports a new oxidation state for a rare earth chemical element, a ...
Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
During the process, they discovered something unexpected about this particular f-block element on the periodic table that ... that it has a tetravalent oxidation state (a positive charge of ...
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US’ new radioactive molecule discovery challenges periodic table post uranium
This contradicts traditional periodic table expectations ... “But the berkelium ion is much happier in the +4 oxidation state ...