23/06/2024
Marie Curie and Lise Meitner were pioneering women chemists, and the only two women to have chemical elements named in their honour. Curium, atomic number 96, was named after the pioneers of radioactive research Marie (1867–1934) and Pierre Curie (1859–1906). Meitnerium, atomic number 109, was named after Lise Meitner (1878–1968), one of the founders of nuclear fission. So its unique to the naming of elements atomic no 96 and 109.
