Promethium [SEP] discoverer or inventor
of chemical proof that element 61 was produced and the discovery not largely recognized.
History Discovery and synthesis of promethium metal.
Promethium was first produced and characterized at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Clinton Laboratories at that time) in 1945 by Jacob A. Marinsky, Lawrence E. Glendenin and Charles D. Coryell by separation and analysis of the fission products of uranium fuel irradiated in the graphite reactor; however, being too busy with military-related research during World War II, they did not announce their discovery until 1947. The original proposed
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