neptunium series

British

noun

a radioactive series that starts with plutonium-241 and ends with bismuth-209. Neptunium-237 is the longest-lived member of the series. The series does not occur in nature

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The neptunium series, previously thought to terminate with bismuth-209, terminates with thallium-205.

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The neptunium series is a fourth series, which is no longer significant on the earth because of the short half-lives of the species involved.

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