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Szilard realizes that, "if we could find an element which is split by neutrons, and which would emit two neutrons when it absorbs one neutron, such an element could sustain a nuclear chain reaction."
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Szilard realizes that, "if we could find an element which is split by neutrons, and which would emit two neutrons when it absorbs one neutron, such an element could sustain a nuclear chain reaction."
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Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie of France discover artificial radioactivity, i... displayed next 300 characters
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