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== History == | == History == | ||
In 1944, scientists in the Manhattan Project, Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Leon Morgan and Albert Ghiorso successfully created the first samples of americium in the University of Chicago's metallurgical laboratory. As stated before, the first samples of the ninety-fifth element were created with neutron capture reactions of [[plutonium]] 239. This process involves the bombardment of the isotope with neutrons. <ref name=livescience.com> Live Science Staff. [http://www.livescience.com/39874-facts-about-americium.html Facts About Americium] ''Live Science''. Web. Published September 23, 2013 (specify which).</ref> | |||
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