Facts About Americium and Fermium
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).
- Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
- Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1944
In 1952