Uses of Rutherfordium Rutherfordium is of research interest only.
Abundance and Isotopes Abundance earth’s crust: nil Abundance solar system: nil Cost, pure: $ per 100g Cost, bulk: $ per 100g Source: Rutherfordium is a synthetic radioactive metal, created by nuclear bombardment, and has only been produced in tiny amounts. Rutherfordium can be made by bombarding plutonium-242 with accelerated neon ions or by bombarding californium-249 with accelerated carbon ions. Isotopes: Rutherfordium has 15 isotopes whose half-lives are known, with mass numbers from 253 to 268. None are stable. The most stable isotope is 267Rf, with a half-life of 1.3 hours.