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Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction (Reprinted from Nature, February 11, 1939)

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MEITNER, L., FRISCH, O. Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction (Reprinted from Nature, February 11, 1939). Nature 224, 466–467 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224466a0

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