Facts About Polonium and Seaborgium
Interesting Facts
- Polonium was the first radioactive element to be discovered.
- Polonium element and its compounds are highly radioactive.
- Its alloy with Beryllium provides source of neutrons.
- Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
- And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
Sources
Mining, Ores of metals
Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1898
In 1974
Abundance In Oceans
Not Available