Facts About Hafnium and Einsteinium
Interesting Facts
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
- Einsteinium is the transuranic element found in US.
- Only 0.01 mg of Einsteinium was synthesized in 1961.
Sources
By-product Zirconium Refining
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1922
In 1952
Abundance In Earth's Crust