Facts About Rutherfordium and Lawrencium
Interesting Facts
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
- It is synthetically produced metal.
- Radiation hazard can be produce by it.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Bombarding Californium-252 with Boron Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1964
In 1961–1971