1 Facts
1.1 Interesting Facts
- Seaborgium most stable isotope is Sg and it has 2.1 min of half- life.
- And other isotopes of Seaborgium have half-lives as short as 3 ms.
- Americium metal is produced by bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons.
- Americium metal was discovered as a by-product while testing an atomic bomb (Manhattan Project).
1.2 Sources
Synthetically Produced
Obtained By Bombarding Plutonium with Neutrons
1.3 History
1.3.1 Who Discovered
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Leon O. Morgan, Albert Ghiorso
1.3.2 Discovery
1.4 Abundance
1.4.1 Abundance In Universe
1.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %~-9999 %
1E-08
0.1
1.4.5 Abundance In Meteorites
1.4.8 Abundance In Earth's Crust
1.4.10 Abundance In Oceans
1.4.12 Abundance In Humans