Facts About Lawrencium and Fermium
Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
- Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1961–1971
In 1952