Facts About Promethium and Americium
Interesting Facts
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1942
In 1944