Clarice Phelps is the first African-American woman to discovery a chemical element! Clarice is a nuclear chemist who helped discover tennessine (element 117) while working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Clarice Phelps is the first African-American woman to discovery a chemical element! Clarice is a nuclear chemist who helped discover tennessine (element 117) while working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.