Promethium: To Strive, to Seek, to Find and Not to Yield
Promethium (Pm), element #61, got its name from the Greek Titan Prometheus, who stole fire from Zeus and passed it to people. The only element in the lanthanide series of the periodic table with no stable isotopes, Pm has found an impressive number of applications since its announcement in 1947 afte...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Chemistry |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2020.00588/full |