Interesting Facts
- Plutonium metal if obtain from ores of uranium metal.
- Plutonium metal is very sensitive to the change in atmospheric conditions like temperature and pressure.
- Fermium metal is highly radioactive in nature.
- Fermium is synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
Bombarding Pu-239 with Neutrons
History
Who Discovered
Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy, Edwin McMillan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In Between 1940 1941
In 1952
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
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0
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.00 %0.00 %
0
0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites
-0.00 %
0
22
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
1E-37
8.1
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Abundance In Oceans
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0
1.1
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Abundance In Humans
0.00 %-
0
1.4
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