Facts About Curium and Berkelium
Interesting Facts
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
- X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1944
In 1949