Facts About Americium and Actinium
Interesting Facts
- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
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Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Obtained by Treating Radium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Friedrich Oskar Giesel
Discovery
In 1944
In 1902