Actinide Chemistry

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course is intended to provide students with a basic understanding of the fundamental chemical and physical properties of actinide elements. Lectures will focus on solution chemistry, bonding, kinetics, and thermodynamics in the context of the behavior of actinides in the environment and within the nuclear fuel cycle. Particular emphasis will be placed on solution chemistry of the actinides and interactions at the solid-water interface.