Possible Production of Elements of Atomic Number Higher than 92
@article{Fermi1934PossiblePO,
title={Possible Production of Elements of Atomic Number Higher than 92},
author={Enrico Fermi},
journal={Nature},
year={1934},
volume={133},
pages={898-899}
}UNTIL recently it was generally admitted that an atom resulting from artificial disintegration should normally correspond to a stable isotope. M. and Mme. Joliot first found evidence that it is not necessarily so; in some cases the product atom may be radioactive with a measurable mean life, and go over to a stable form only after emission of a positron.
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