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Pure Plutonium Isolation

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

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1942

Glenn Theodore Seaborg20 August 1942

Chicago · Science / Physics

Seaborg isolates pure plutonium using a separation method suitable for development on an industrial scale.

Names involved

Glenn Theodore Seaborg

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