Facts About Yttrium and Einsteinium
Interesting Facts
- Yttrium Metal is highly toxic.
- Yttrium Metal is highly reactive in nature hence not found free in nature.
- Einsteinium is the transuranic element found in US.
- Only 0.01 mg of Einsteinium was synthesized in 1961.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Made by Bombarding Uranium with Neutrons
Who Discovered
Johan Gadolin
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Discovery
In 1794
In 1952
Abundance In Earth's Crust