Facts About Californium and Technetium
Interesting Facts
- Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
- Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Discovery
In 1950
In 1937