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Heaviest +4 ion on the periodic table stabilised

By 2017-04-11T09:14:00

Berkelium +4 oxidation state structure

Source: © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Ltd, part of Springer Nature

A berkelium(IV) ion has been made under mild conditions using an iron carrier molecule

The elusive +4 oxidation state of the transuranic element berkelium has been stabilised under mild conditions for the first time.