Facts About Neptunium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
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- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons, Ores of metals
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Edwin McMillan and Philip H. Abelson
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1940
In 1966