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Disintegration of Boron-10 by Protons

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THE Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, has recently produced a number of separated stable isotopes in milligram quantities. The availability of such isotopes has already enabled new nuclear reactions to be discovered, and old ones to be confirmed. In this and a later communication we wish to report on some work of this nature with boron and magnesium.

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BURCHAM, W., FREEMAN, J. Disintegration of Boron-10 by Protons. Nature 163, 167 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163167a0

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