Title :
Nuclear disintegrations
Author_Institution :
Enrico Fermi, distinguished physicist and winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in physics; Department of physics, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
Abstract :
The fission of uranium, in which the uranium nucleus splits into two fragments of comparable size, achieved during 1939 by bombardment of uranium with neutrons, has stimulated great activity in this field of research and may lead to further research of fundamental and far-reaching importance.
Keywords :
Alpha particles; Atomic measurements; Chemicals; Isotopes; Neutrons;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1940.6434751
