Name: Scientists Discovered Promethium in 1945. They Only Just Learned What It Actually Does.
Uploaded: 2024-05-31T15:24:42-04:00
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Description: “Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Although the Periodic Table of Elements is an impressive achievement of human understanding, scientists are still finding secrets about certain elements among its carefully arranged rows and columns. One such element is Promethium, and a new study from scientists at […]

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Scientists Discovered Promethium in 1945. They Only Just Learned What It Actually Does.

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Although the Periodic Table of Elements is an impressive achievement of human understanding, scientists are still finding secrets about certain elements among its carefully arranged rows and columns. One such element is Promethium, and a new study from scientists at […]

Secrets of radioactive ‘promethium’ — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

For the first time, scientists have revealed crucial properties of the mysterious, radioactive substance promethium — nearly eight decades after the elusive rare earth element was discovered. Promethium is one of the 15 lanthanide elements at the bottom of the periodic table. Also known as the rare earths, these metals exhibit a number of useful […]