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The Element Fermium - Basic Physical and Historical Information ...

Discovered : 1952 by G.R. Choppin and co-workers Isolated in the debris of a hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean Origin : The element is named after Enrico Fermi, the atomic physicist. Description : A radioactive metal obtained only in millionth-of-a-gramme quantities in nuclear reactors. Image : Chain reaction. ...