Technetium

Technetium
Properties
Atomic symbol	Tc
Atomic number	43
Classification	Metallic
Atomic mass	97 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery	1937
Name of discoverer	Carlo Perrier and Emillo G. Segre
Name origin	from the Greek tekhnetos, meaning artificial.
Uses	Source of radiation for medical research.
Obtained from	Manufactured by bombarding Molybdenum with heavy hydrogen in a cyclotron. Only minute quantities have been found outside the laboratory, as a by-product of the fission of Uranium-238.