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Facts About Fermium and Americium


Facts About Americium and Fermium


Facts

Interesting Facts
  • Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
  • Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
  
  • 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
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons   
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso   

Discovery
In 1952   
In 1944   

Abundance
  
  

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