Talk:Neptunium
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Article changed over to new Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements format by mav 08:13, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC). Elementbox converted 11:03, 17 July 2005 by Femto (previous revision was that of 10:56, 14 July 2005).
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[edit] Information Sources
Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Neptunium. Additional text was taken directly from the Elements database 20001107 (via dict.org), Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (via dict.org) and WordNet (r) 1.7 (via dict.org). Data for the table were obtained from the sources listed on the subject page and Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements but was reformatted and converted into SI units.
[edit] Density
The densities are written here as Mg/m^3. Isn't it more usual to use g/cm^3 ? Well, I guess it's a choice between physics and chemistry. Hmmm, did I just answer my own question?
[edit] Talk
What resource gave the name poseidonium? A Google search for poseidonium turns up only pages that come directly from this Wikipedia article or pages that mention the Poseidonium, a temple to Poseidon. -- Bkell 23:24, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Hm. An anon added that some time ago. I removed it. --mav
[edit] Source
If anyone wonders, the information on weapons applications and planned supply relocations came from an Associated Press wire story. Bird 04:06, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The U.S. Department of Energy declassified the fact that neptunium and plutonium-238 are fissile in 1998.
[edit] Synthetic element?
I assume Plutonium isn't a synthetic element because "While almost all plutonium is manufactured synthetically, extremely tiny trace amounts are found naturally in uranium ores." (ref). So why, when "Trace amounts of neptunium are found naturally as decay products from transmutation reactions in uranium ores" (ref), is this element listed as a synthetic element? TerraFrost 02:35, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
i am not an expert in that field. but Np, together with Pu, have been classified as synthetic elements due to their radioactive properties. from what i remember, i have been told that elements which are heavier than uranium are mostly unstable and are produced mainly from nuclear reactions. u shouldn't be looking at their natural abundance, but the production method instead.
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- This looks more like an example of info from old sources before natural Np and Pu were found. Kuratowski's Ghost 08:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Weapons of mass destruction
"research for a United States of America weapons of mass destruction development program"
While this could be successfully argued to be a fair and equivalent use of the term "weapons of mass destruction," a term normally applied to programs pursued by rogue nations, its use here is both awkward and politically-charged. It is awkward because the conventional terms used to refer to such scientific study in this country, most notably by the press, fall along the lines of "nuclear research program," "chemistry research program," and "physics research program." Use of the term "Weapons of mass destruction development program" in this context is also politically charged. It comes across as a tacit condemnation of the research described because the use in this context indicates that the author perceives a double standard in the conventional application of the term in today's society. The author seems to be using it here to make a political point about something wholly unrelated to the topic of the article. This should be remedied at once should a more authoritative contributor concur with my assessment.
[edit] Error?
"and the primary products after are element 93 (plutonium) isotopes" This reads like element 93 is Plutonium, but Plutonium is 94. (12.41.204.3) -- fixed that Femto 12:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Vandilism
i was browseing this page when i noticed the vandilism, it is something like "POOPPOOPPOOPPOOP"People please don't do that it promotes other distructive instics so PLEASE STOP!
