Facts About Promethium and Rutherfordium
Interesting Facts
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1942
In 1964