Facts About Curium and Promethium
Interesting Facts
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Discovery
In 1944
In 1942