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Actinide vs Actinoid - What's the difference?

actinide | actinoid |

In inorganic chemistry terms the difference between actinide and actinoid

is that actinide is any of the 14 radioactive elements of the periodic table that are positioned under the lanthanides to which they have similar chemistry while actinoid is actinide.

As an adjective actinoid is

having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family family: Actiniidae.

actinide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any of the 14 radioactive elements of the periodic table that are positioned under the lanthanides to which they have similar chemistry.

    • See also

    * ("actinide" on Wikipedia) * thorium * protactinium * uranium * neptunium * plutonium * americium * curium * berkelium * californium * einsteinium * fermium * mendelevium * nobelium * lawrencium

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    actinoid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia actinoid) (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) actinide

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family .

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