Facts About Dubnium and Rutherfordium
Interesting Facts
- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
  
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
  
Sources
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
  
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  
Discovery
In 1968
  
In 1964
  
Abundance