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Facts About Americium and Darmstadtium


Facts About Darmstadtium and Americium


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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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Sources
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons   
Synthetically Produced   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso   
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung   

Discovery
In 1944   
In 1994   

Abundance
  
  

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