Facts About Neptunium and Dubnium
Interesting Facts
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- IUPAC allotted a temporary name to Dubnium metal as “ Unnilpentium”.
- In the production of Dubnium, thermal gradient chromatography is used.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
Produced by Bombarding Am243 with Ne22, Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1940
In 1968