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First Plutonium Metal Sample

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1943

Glenn Theodore SeaborgNovember 1943

Chicago · Science / Physics

The Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory produces the first sample of plutonium in metallic form by chemically reducing plutonium fluoride.

Names involved

Glenn Theodore Seaborg

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