Facts About Americium and Roentgenium
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
  
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