Facts About Technetium and Nobelium
Interesting Facts
- Original name of Technetium was Masurium.
- At the time of its discovery it found in sample of Molybdenum.
- The most stable isotope of Nobelium metal is No-259.
- No-259 has a half-life of fifty-eight minutes.
Sources
Made by Bombarding Molybdenum with Deuterons
Bombarding Curium-246 or Curium-249 with Carbon-12 Nuclei, Found in Minerals, Mining
Who Discovered
Emilio Segrè and Carlo Perriero
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Discovery
In 1937
In 1966