Aug 26, 2024
Unlocking the Secrets of Promethium: Scientists Capture a Never-Before-Seen Elemental Bond
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: chemistry, materials
A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently made an unprecedented observation of how promethium, a rare element, forms chemical bonds in aqueous solutions.
This groundbreaking discovery was made using the Beamline for Materials Measurement (BMM), a beamline funded and operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, at the National Synchrotron Light Source II, a DOE Office of Science user facility at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.