Which Happened First?

Discovery of promethium

Discovery of promethium
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Promethium is a generally synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Pm and atomic number 61. All of its isotopes are radioactive; it is extremely rare, with only about 500–600 grams naturally occurring in the Earth's crust at any given time.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Discovery of neptunium1940
  2. Discovery of plutonium1941
  3. Discovery of americium1944
  4. Discovery of curium1944
  5. Discovery of promethium (this page)1945
  6. Discovery of berkelium1949

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