Facts About Lawrencium and Americium
Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- 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 Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1961–1971
In 1944