Facts About Berkelium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
- X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1949
In 1966