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Actinide SeriesActinide Series
Rare earth metalsRare earth metals
ThThThoriumThorium
Subcritical nuclear fuelSubcritical nuclear fuel Gas lantern mantlesGas lantern mantles
PaPaProtactiniumProtactinium
UUUraniumUranium
Found in ore Pitchblende Found in ore Pitchblende Ceramic glazeCeramic glaze Nuclear fuelNuclear fuel Nuclear weaponsNuclear weapons Depleted uranium for armor and Depleted uranium for armor and
armor piercing shellsarmor piercing shells
NpNpNeptuniumNeptunium
PuPuPlutoniumPlutonium
A bomb coreA bomb core Spacecraft propulsionSpacecraft propulsion Not particularly toxic unless ingested Not particularly toxic unless ingested
or inhaledor inhaled
AmAmAmericiumAmericium
Smoke detectorsSmoke detectors
CmCmCuriumCurium
Named after Marie and Pierre CurieNamed after Marie and Pierre Curie
BkBkBerkeliumBerkelium
Named after Berkeley, CaliforniaNamed after Berkeley, California
CfCfCaliforniumCalifornium
Named after CaliforniaNamed after California
EsEsEinsteiniumEinsteinium
Named after Norman EinsteinNamed after Norman Einstein
FmFmFermiumFermium
Named after Enrico FermiNamed after Enrico Fermi
MdMdMendeleviumMendelevium
Named after Dmitri MendeleevNamed after Dmitri Mendeleev
NoNoNobeliumNobelium
Named after Alfred NobelNamed after Alfred Nobel
LrLrLawrenciumLawrencium
Named after Ernest Orlando Named after Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotronLawrence, inventor of the cyclotron