Facts About Nobelium and Fermium
Interesting Facts
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
- Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
- Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1966
In 1952