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- Naturally occurring minor elements include Cadmium.
- Cadmium is released into atmosphere to control volcanic eruption and forest fires.
- It is used for electroplating of Steel for corrosion resistance.
- It can absorb neutrons and used in nuclear reactor to control atomic fission.
Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining
Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann and Friedrich Stromeyer
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research