Facts About Lawrencium and Mendelevium
Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Mendelevium metal is synthetically produced metal.
- Mendelevium metal has been produced in only trace amount.
Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Einsteinium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1961–1971
In 1955