Category: Actinides

Actinides are similar elements of the 7th period. The heavy metals have nuclear properties and are neutron-induced fissionable. Some actinides are pyrophoric in finely divided state.

89Ac
Actiniumsilvery-white, glowing with an eerie blue light; sometimes with a golden cast
91Pa
Protactiniumbright, silvery metallic luster
92U
Uraniumsilvery gray metallic; corrodes to a spalling black oxide coat in air
93Np
Neptuniumsilvery metallic
94Pu
Plutoniumsilvery white, tarnishing to dark gray in air
95Am
Americiumsilvery white
96Cm
Curiumsilvery metallic, glows purple in the dark
99Es
Einsteiniumsilvery; glows blue in the dark