Facts About Dubnium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1968
In 1966