Facts About Promethium and Technetium
Interesting Facts
- Promethium metal found in Pitchblende.
- Promethium metal is highly radioactive metal.
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Who Discovered
Chien Shiung Wu, Emilio Segrè, Hans Bethe
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Discovery
In 1942
In 1937