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Brief description: plutonium was the second transuranium element of the actinide series to be discovered. By far of greatest importance is the isotope 239Pu, which has a half-life of more than 20000 years. One kilogram is equivalent to about 22 ... History: meaning of name; discovery; and history of the element...
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www.webelements.com/plutonium/
www.webelements.com/plutonium/
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Plutonium was synthesized by Seaborg, McMillan, Kennedy and Wahl in 1940 by deuteron bombardment of uranium in a cyclotron (a device used to accelerate atomic particles) at Berkeley, California, USA. Plutonium was the second transuranium element of ... History: meaning of name; discovery; and history of the element...
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www.webelements.com/plutonium/history.html
www.webelements.com/plutonium/history.html
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Plutonium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plutonium (pronounced /pluːˈtoʊniəm/ pl 'oo '- TOH -nee-əm , symbol Pu , atomic number 94) is a rare transuranic radioactive element. It is an actinide metal of silvery-white appea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
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The history of plutonium is as strange as the element itself. When scientists began looking for it, they did so simply in the spirit of inquiry, not certain whether there were still spots to fill on the periodic table.
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www.nap.edu/catalog/11734.html
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Atomic Bomb History: Manufacturing Plutonium and Uranium-235 | History Firsthand. Atomic Bomb summary with 231 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. ... A less complex chemical separation was used to extract plutonium. Once extracted, uranium-235 was the ... Introduction: History of the Atomic Bomb...
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www.bookrags.com/history/atomic-bomb/sub25.html
www.bookrags.com/history/atomic-bomb/sub25.html
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2. History of plutonium policy and production ... A microscopic sample of plutonium was first isolated by Glenn Seaborg in August 1942 as part of the Manhattan Project. ... The plutonium isotopes 240, 241 and 242 have no commercial application and are merely contaminants. 3...
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www.antenna.nl/wise/469-470/2.html
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Subtitle: History of the Plutonium Production Facilities, 1943-1990 ... Subject: History ... Hanford Site Historic District: History of the Plutonium Production Facilities, 1943-1990 Cover...
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www.powells.com/biblio?show=9781574771336
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Plutonium production facilities: Construction history -- Fuel manufacturing -- Reactor operations -- Chemical separations -- Plutonium finishing -- Waste management -- Research and development -- Site security -- ... Title: Hanford Site historic district : history of the plutonium production facilities, 1943-1990...
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www.worldcat.org/wcpa/isbn/1-57477-133-7
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Copies of Eileen Welsome's "The Plutonium Experiment" were available in both newspaper tab form and as a magazine after The Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994. ... She mourns the passing of The Tribune, a place where she made history by uncovering history.
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www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/22/eileen-welsome-albuque...
www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/22/eileen-welsome-albuquerque-tribune-made-history-pl/
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