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- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
Found in Minerals, Mining
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe