Neptunium

Neptunium is a synthetic element in the periodic table that has the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A silvery radioactive metallic element, neptunium is the first transuranic element and belongs to the actinide

Actinide

The actinide series encompasses the 15 chemical element [i]s that lie between actinium [i] and lawrencium [i] ...

series. Its most stable isotope, 237Np, is a by-product of nuclear reactor

Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reaction [i]s are initiated, controlled, and sustai ...

s and plutonium

Plutonium

Plutonium is a radioactive [i], metal [i]lic chemical element [i]. ...

production and it can be used as a component in neutron

Neutron

In physics [i], the neutron is a subatomic particle [i] with no net electric charge [i] and a mass [i] o ...

detection equipment.

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Neptunium is a synthetic element in the periodic table that has the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A silvery radioactive metallic element, neptunium is the first transuranic element and belongs to the actinide