Promethium
Occurrence, isolation & synthesis
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Occurrence
In nature, promethium is found in the Earth's crust, 4.5 · 10
−20
ppm, in uranium ores [4]. Promethium has no stable isotopes, and the longest living isotope is
145
Pm (T
½
= 17.7 years) [4].