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Probable Existence of Radioactive Manganese-53 in Iron Meteorites

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SHELINE, R., HOOPER, J. Probable Existence of Radioactive Manganese-53 in Iron Meteorites. Nature 179, 85–87 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179085a0

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