Promethium bound: Rare earth element's secrets exposed
May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Promethium was discovered in 1945 at Clinton Laboratories, now the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and continues to be produced at ORNL in minute quantities. Some of its properties have remained elusive despite the rare earth element's use in medical studies and long-lived nuclear batteries. It is named after the mythological Titan wh . . .
Promethium was discovered in 1945 at Clinton Laboratories, now the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and continues to be produced at ORNL in minute quantities. Some of its properties have remained elusive despite the rare earth element's use in medical studies and long-lived nuclear batteries. It is named after the mythological Titan wh . . .