Facts About Californium and Promethium
Interesting Facts
- Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
- Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Discovery
In 1950
In 1942