
Actinides
The actinides (atomic numbers 89-103, from actinium to lawrencium) are the lower of the two rows pulled out below the main table. They are all radioactive. Uranium and plutonium power nuclear reactors and weapons; later actinides (americium, curium, einsteinium) exist mostly in research quantities created in particle accelerators or reactor neutron capture.
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Ac
Actinium
89
227
Am
Americium
95
243
Bk
Berkelium
97
247
Cf
Californium
98
251
Cm
Curium
96
247
Es
Einsteinium
99
252
Fm
Fermium
100
257
Lr
Lawrencium
103
262
Md
Mendelevium
101
258
No
Nobelium
102
259
Np
Neptunium
93
237
Pa
Protactinium
91
231.036
Pu
Plutonium
94
244
Th
Thorium
90
232.038
U
Uranium
92
238.029