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Neptunium

Neptunium is an element in the periodic table that has the symbol Np and atomic number 93. A silvery radioactive metallic element, neptunium is the first transuranic element and belongs to the actinide series.

Neptunium in Southern Victory[]

In the United States, the 93rd element on the Periodic Table was dubbed "neptunium". However, in the Confederate States, physicist Henderson V. FitzBelmont named the element "saturnium". British scientists named the element "mosleyium" after Minister of War Oswald Mosley.

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