Chemist no. 277 of 350 · Nuclear/Radiochemistry
Albert Ghiorso
1915-2010United States
Co-discovered many transuranium elements
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Albert Ghiorso and the Discovery of Transuranium Elements: Making New Atoms One at a Time
How Albert Ghiorso helped synthesise elements 95 to 106 at Berkeley, from americium to seaborgium, using cyclotrons and heavy-ion accelerators.
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Albert Ghiorso (1915–2010): The Instrument Builder Who Added Twelve Elements
Life of Albert Ghiorso, American nuclear scientist and instrument builder who co-discovered twelve elements from americium to seaborgium at Berkeley.
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