Facts About Technetium and Curium
Interesting Facts
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
- Curium metal does not occur free in nature.
- Curium metal is a synthetically produced metal.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Bombarding Plutonium with Helium Ions
Who Discovered
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ralph A. James, Albert Ghiorso
Discovery
In 1937
In 1944