{"id":2762,"date":"2026-06-29T05:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:13:28","slug":"protactinium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/protactinium\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Protactinium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protactinium is a scarce, radioactive actinide found in trace amounts in uranium ores and primarily of interest for nuclear science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Protactinium<\/strong> | It commonly exhibits +5 oxidation state, forms complex oxides and is chemically reactive and radiotoxic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Protactinium<\/strong> | No large scale commercial uses exist; protactinium is used in specialized research on actinide chemistry and nuclear properties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Protactinium<\/strong> | Protactinium isotopes are highly radioactive and toxic; work with protactinium requires specialized radiological facilities and strict controls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rare, highly radioactive actinide of scientific interest with limited applications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5885,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/5885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}