Facts About Neptunium and Americium
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- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
Sources
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1940
In 1944