SEABORG, Glenn, et al.
An Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry.
An Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry.
Lecture series, May 19 to July 16, 1942. Notes by C.D. Coryell. Index by R.A. James. This document consists of 48 pages. Date declassified: December 19, 1946. United States Atomic Energy Division MDDC-763.
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Oak Ridge, TN, Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge Directed Operations, 1946.
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A rare US Atomic Energy Division lecture series originally presented to Manhattan Project participants in 1942, headed by Nobel Laureate Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999). Worldcat locates only eleven copies.Seaborg was the discoverer of ten transuranic elements, those with an atomic number greater than 92. During the Second World War he worked with Enrico Fermi in the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, where he investigated the chemistry of plutonium.
'In February 1941, Seaborg and his colleagues produced plutonium-239 through the bombardment of uranium. This experimental achievement proved to be a major contribution in physicists' understanding of atomic fission. On March 28, 1941, Seaborg, physicist Emilio Segre and Berkeley chemist Joseph W. Kennedy were able to demonstrate that plutonium underwent fission with slow neutrons, an important distinction that was crucial to the decisions made in directing Manhattan Project research. Seaborg also helped to develop the extraction process used to isolate the plutonium fuel for the "Fat Man" bomb' (Atomic Heritage Foundation biography).
48-page booklet, wire-stitched; diagrams within the text, contents a little toned; original white wrappers, slightly rubbed and toned, spine tanned, excellent condition.
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