Facts About Dubnium and Lawrencium
Interesting Facts
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
Sources
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1968
In 1961–1971