Interesting Facts
Sources
Who Discovered
Discovery
Abundance In Universe
Abundance In Sun
Abundance In Meteorites
Abundance In Earth's Crust
Abundance In Oceans
Abundance In Humans
Cesium is the most alkaline metal and is used in atomic clocks.
Earth's crust, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso