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IT has been shown by Fermi and co-workers1 and by Bjerge and Westcott2 that the activity induced in zinc through neutron bombardment is due to an isotope of copper. Considering the well-known possibilities of the formation of active substances by a neutron bombardment, it is evident that the possibility of forming an active isotope of nickel is implied. Now, by means of an apparatus formerly described3, the formation of active nickel from zinc irradiated with neutrons has been actually shown.
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MADSEN, C. Radioactive Isotopes of Nickel and Copper. Nature 138, 722 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138722a0
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