Facts About Rutherfordium and Technetium
Interesting Facts
- Rutherfordium does not occur in nature as it is a synthetic element.
- Till date Rutherfordium metal has 15 radioisotopes created synthetically.
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
Sources
Bombarding Plutonium with Accelerated 113 to 115 MeV Neon Ions, Synthetically Produced
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Who Discovered
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Discovery
In 1964
In 1937