Facts About Promethium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1942
In 1944