Facts About Dubnium and Americium
Interesting Facts
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
Sources
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1968
In 1944