Facts About Lawrencium and Californium
Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Californium metal is very harmful and highly radioactive.
- Californium metal is the heaviest metal.
Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Made by Bombarding Curium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1961–1971
In 1950