Facts About Meitnerium and Plutonium
Interesting Facts
Meitnerium is named after Lise Meitner, an Austrian physicist.
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
Sources
Bombarding Bi209 with Accelerated Nuclei of Fe58, Synthetically Produced
Mining, Ores of metals
Who Discovered
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
Discovery
In 1982
In Between 1940 1941
Abundance In Meteorites
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
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