Facts About Nobelium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1966
In 1944