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- Burdette, Shawn C., et al.
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Another four bricks in the wall
- 2016
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 8:4, s. 283-288
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Of all the things humans can bestow names upon, new chemical elements are about the rarest. Our group of periodic table experts attempts to read the tea leaves and predict the names for elements 113, 115, 117 and 118.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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Chemistry’s Decision Point : Isotopes
- 2017
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In: Elements Old and New. - Washington, DC : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 9780841232556 - 9780841232525 ; , s. 119-140
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Although the modern periodic table barely resembles the one constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev, every chemistry student learns that the placement of missing elements in the open slots of Mendeleev’s table was a scientific triumph. The discovery of isotopes in the early 1900s was an inflection point in periodicity, and chemistry as a discipline. Chemists once characterized each new isotope as a unique element—but as isotopes proliferated, fitting them into the existing periodic table became impossible. Several decades passed before the concept of isotopy fully developed. At that point, scientists seemingly concluded that chemistry occurred at the atomic level, and isotopic differences were the purview of physics. Had a different understanding of isotopy prevailed, the direction of chemistry could have changed dramatically. While the trajectory of synthetic chemistry might have remained constant, ‘chemists’ may have dominated the discovery of new superheavy elements by appropriating the modern conventional definition of ‘nuclear physicist’.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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Frantically forging fermium
- 2017
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 9, s. 724-724
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette relate how element 100 was first identified in a nuclear weapons test, but that was classified information, so researchers had to ‘discover’ it again using other methods.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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Homely holmium
- 2015
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 7:6, s. 532-532
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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Nobelium non-believers
- 2014
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 6, s. 652-652
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Alfred Nobel's eponymous element, nobelium, was 'first' discovered either in the 1950s or 1960s, in the USSR, Sweden or the USA. Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette delve into the ensuing decades of internecine strife over the discovery of element 102.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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Recalling radon's recognition
- 2013
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 5:9
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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The ends of elements
- 2013
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 5:5, s. 350-352
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- When elements 117 and 118 are finally named, should these new members of the halogen and noble gas families receive names ending in -ium as IUPAC has suggested? Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette look at the history of element suffixes and make the case for not following this recommendation.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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The neodymium neologism
- 2017
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 9, s. 194-194
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- From grand challenges of nineteenth century chemistry to powerful technology in small packages, Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette explain why neodymium is the twin element discovered twice by two Carls.
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- Thornton, Brett F., et al.
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The straight dope on isotopes
- 2013
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In: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 5, s. 979-981
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- A century ago this month, Frederick Soddy described and named isotopes in the pages of Nature. Brett F. Thornton and Shawn C. Burdette discuss how chemists have viewed and used isotopes since then — either as chemically identical or chemically distinct species as the need required and technology allowed.
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