Facts About Rutherfordium and Einsteinium
Interesting Facts
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
- Einsteinium is the transuranic element found in US.
- Only 0.01 mg of Einsteinium was synthesized in 1961.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1964
In 1952