Facts About Curium and Francium
Interesting Facts
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
- 223 Francium has the longest half life at 21.8.
- Francium metal is produced by alpha decay in 227Actinium 227.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Formed by Decay Process, Mining
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Marguerite Perey
Discovery
In 1944
In 1939