ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Hoffman et al.1 reported the first definite observation of 244Pu existing in nature when they isolated 2 x 107 atom of 244Pu from bastnaesite-rich ore from Mountain Pass, California. Because 244Pu has an 82 m.y. half life, its presence today, 56 half lives after the formation of the Earth, is, a ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/240465b0
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