Facts About Lawrencium and Rutherfordium
Interesting Facts
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
Sources
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1961–1971
In 1964