Facts About Nobelium and Berkelium
Interesting Facts
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
  
- X-ray Diffraction- different compounds of Berkelium metals are identified using it.
Commercial uses of Berkelium metal are not yet discovered.
  
Sources
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
  
Bombarding Americium with Alpha Particles.
  
History
  
  
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  
Discovery
In 1966
  
In 1949
  
Abundance