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FRANCIUM GONE MISSING!!

The element discovered in Paris, in the year 1939 has been misplaced. The element Francium, which is well known as the most unstable of the first one hundred and one elements, cannot be found. It has been stated that Francium at any time, has less than one ounce available on the Earth's crust. So as anyone can see, Francium is a very rare element to find, and when in the right hands should be well tracked. Some of Fracium's isotopes only have a half life of about twenty two minutes. Francium itself is well known as the second rarest element on Earth, following Astatine.
Although not to worry. Francium can be artificially made by adding an immense amount of protons to the element Thorium.
BACKGROUND
Francium was discovered by a French woman, Marguerite Perey. She of course named it after her country France. Francium is an alkali metal, that is found on Uranium. Although it is found in Uranium it is often rarely found. Francium does not occur regularly on Uranium, that is why when Francium does show up, it is considered a huge event in the scientific world. This is why scientist do not have a lot of known knowledge on Francium. Most of the things documented about Francium are educated guesses based on periodic trends. Thus making Francium a very mysterious element.
USES

While it is sad to say, Francium has virtually no use in the modern day world. Since Francium is such scarcely found, it cannot be used to do anything for humans. The only thing done with Francium is scientific studies. Whenever scientists get their hands on the element they use their time to try to discover new characteristics. Remember, scientists are still in the early stages of discovery when it comes to Francium. Francium is still a fairly young element.
Although rumor has it that if major war broke out scientist would explore in making a Francium bomb. The idea is based on the fact that Francium is one of the most unstable elements on Earth and is highly radioactive. Hopefully we will come upon a major amount of Francium and make an everyday use out of it.