Facts About Promethium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1942
In 1966