Facts About Berkelium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1949
In 1944