Facts About Americium and Lawrencium
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).
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
Sources
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1944
In 1961–1971