Facts About Flerovium and Americium
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- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
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Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1999
In 1944