Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: A New Type of Nuclear Reaction
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Nuclear Engineering Physics |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch |
| Description: | Famous paper by Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch that first introduced the concept of fission. It begins: On bombarding uranium with neutrons, Fermi and collaborators1 found that at least four radioactive substances were produced, to two of which atomic numbers larger than 92 were ascribed. Further investigations2 demonstrated the existence of at least nine radioactive periods, six of which were assigned to elements beyond uranium, and nuclear isomerism had to be assumed in order to account for their chemical behavior together with their genetic relations. Citation: L. Meitner and O.R. Frisch, ““Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: A New Type of Nuclear Reaction,” Nature, 143, 239-240, Feb 11, 1939. |
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| Keywords: | Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, nulcear fusion, gender equity |
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| Use of Resource: | Classic paper that first introduced nuclear fission. This reference could be part of a case study of Lise Meitner. |
| Difficulty: | Difficult |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Begin/Nature_Meitner.shtml |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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