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List of Elements Belonging to the Actinide Group

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

Plutonium is one of the actinides.

Plutonium is one of the actinides.

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Here is a list of elements that are actinides, a subset of the rare earth elements group.

Actinium (sometimes considered a transition metal)
Thorium
Protactinium
Uranium
Neptunium
Plutonium
Americium
Curium
Berkelium
Californium
Einsteinium
Fermium
Mendelevium
Nobelium
Lawrencium

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