Abstract
For this 40th Anniversary Discovery Celebration, Tshe early contributions of the americium group at Los Alamos, established in 1948, are reviewed. They include the first major isolation of americium from impure plutonium, and significant expansion of americium chemistry.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
“The First Isolation of Americium in the Form of Pure Compounds; Microgram-Scale Observations on the Chemistry of Americiurn,” B.B. Cunningham, in The Iransuranium Elements, National Nuclear Energy Series, Div. IV, Vol. 14B (McGraw-Hill Book Co.Inc., New York, 1949), Paper 19.2.
“Status of Americium-241 Recovery and Purification at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory,” H.D. Ramsey, D.G. Clifton, S.W. Hayter, R.A. Penneman and E.L. Christensen in Transplutonium Elements ,Production and Recovery, (ACS Symposium Series #161), J.D. Navratil and W.W. Schulz, Eds. (American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1981), Ch. 5. pp. 73–91.
Stephanou, S.E., Asprey, L.B., and Penneman, R.A., Report AECU-925, 1950.
Penneman, R.A. and Asprey, L.B., Report AECU 936, 1950.
Asprey, L.B., Penneman, R.A. and Stephanou, S.E., Report AECU-927, 1950.
Asprey, L.B., Stephanou, S.E. and Penneman, R.A., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1950., 72, 1425.
Asprey, L.B., Stephanou S.E. and Penneman, R.A., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 5715.
Stephanou, S.E. and Penneman, R.A., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 3701.
Jones, L.H. and Penneman, R.A., J. Chem. Phys., 1953, 21, 542.
Stephanou, S.E., Nigon, J.P. and Penneman, R.A., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1953, 21, 42.
Keenan, T.K., Penneman, R.A. and Meinteer, B.B., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1953, 21, 1802.
Nigon, J.P., Penneman, R.A., Staritzky, E., Keenan, T. K. and Asprey, L.B., J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 403.
Keenan, T.K., Penneman, R.A. and Suttle, J.F., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1955, 59, 381.
Hermann, J.A., Report AECD-3637, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, July 1954. (Thesis, U. of New Mexico)
Armstrong, D.E., Asprey, L.B., Coleman, J.S., Keenan, T.K., LaMar, L.E. and Penneman, R.A, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Report LA-1975, 1956.
Penneman, R.A. and Asprey, L.B., Proc. Int’l Conf. on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1956, 7, 355.
Coleman, J.S., Penneman, R.A., Keenan, T.K., LaMar, L. E., Armstrong, D.E. and Asprey, L.B., J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1957, 3, 327.
Armstrong, D.E., Asprey, L.B., Coleman, J.S., Keenan, T.K., LaMar, L.E. and Penneman, R.A., AIGhE Journal, 1957, 3, 286.
Penneman, R.A. and Keenan T.K., “The Radiochemistry of Americium and Curium,” National Academy of Science-NS-3006, 1960.
McWhan, D.B., Wallmann, J.C., Cunningham, B.B., Asprey, L.B., Ellinger, F.H. and Zachariasen, W.H., J. Inorg. Nycl. Chem., 1960, 15, 185.
Penneman, R.A., Coleman, J.S. and Keenan, T.K., J. Inorg. Nycl. Chem. 1961, 17, 138.
Asprey, L.B. and Penneman, R.A., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1961, 83, 2200.
Asprey, L.B., Penneman, R.A. and Kruse, F.H., Chem. and Eng. News, 1962, 40, No. 8, 39.
Asprey, L.B. and Penneman, R.A., Inorg. Chem., 1962, 1, 134.
Coleman, J.S., Keenan, T.K., Jones, L.H., Carnall, W.T. and Penneman, R.A., Inorg. Chem., 1963, 2, 58.
Penneman, R.A., Kruse, F.H., Benz, R. and Douglass, R. M., Inorg. Chem., 1963, 2, 799.
Asprey, L.B. and Penneman, R.A., Chem. and Eng. News, 1967, 45, No. 32, 74.
Penneman, R.A., Keenan, T.K. and Asprey, L.B., “Lanthanide/Actinide Chemistry,” Amer. Chem. Soc., Advances in Chem. Series, 1967, 71, 248.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1985 D. Reidel Publishing Company
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Penneman, R.A. (1985). Americium, its Early History and Gram-Scale Separation. In: Edelstein, N.M., Navratil, J.D., Schulz, W.W. (eds) Americium and Curium Chemistry and Technology. Topics in f-Element Chemistry, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5444-1_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5444-1_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-8904-3
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-5444-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive