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Hace 2 días · The reactor achieved a self-sustained chain reaction on October 2 and was brought to power (100 kWt) on October 8, when AEC Chairman Glenn Seaborg (a co-discoverer of U-233) threw the switch in the control room. The experimental reactor will be brought to its full power (8000 kWt) at a later date.” To mark the occasion, Seaborg gave a speech.
Hace 1 día · Over 4 million liters of mixed acidic (∼pH 2.5), high ionic strength (∼5 M nitrate) plutonium (Pu) processing waste were released into the 216-Z-9 (Z-9) trench at the Hanford Site, USA, and trace Pu has migrated 37 m below the trench. In this study, we used flowthrough columns to investigate Pu transport in simplified processing waste through uncontaminated Hanford sediments to determine ...
Hace 5 días · Celebrating 75 Years of Lithium. May 6, 2024. Written by Joao L. de Quevedo, MD, PhD. Discovered by Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson in 1817, lithium’s potential truly began to unfold on May 5th, 1949. On this day, Stanley G. Thompson and Glenn T. Seaborg isolated lithium-6, a stable isotope of the element, through the bombardment of ...
Hace 3 días · First presented in 1926, previous winners include Nobel laureates Glenn T. Seaborg, K. Barry Sharpless, Herbert C. Brown, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Dudley Herschbach, as well as renowned researchers Chad A. Mirkin, Mary Lowe Good, Steven J. Lippard, Jacqueline Barton, and George M. Whitesides.
Hace 3 días · Plutonium, a radioactive element discovered in 1940 by Glenn T. Seaborg, Edwin M. McMillan, Joseph W. Kennedy, and Arthur C. Wahl, is an essential topic in the field of chemistry. The unique properties and intriguing history of plutonium can captivate students’ interests and spark enthusiasm for learning about the subject.
Hace 2 días · The Elements Beyond Uranium Glenn T. Seaborg and Walter D. Loveland Written by the team of Nobel Laureate Glenn Seaborg an active participant in the discovery of transuranium elements and leading chemist, Walter Loveland, here is a unique inside account of the discovery of these elements as well as the first definitive look at their chemical, physical, and nuclear properties.
Hace 4 días · Interesting story in the Washington Post last week about How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America.Big connection to the state of Michigan as well as the university itself:In the early 20th century, iodine deficiency was ravaging much of the northern United States. The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for ...
