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Hafnium the lutécium I used to be

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Shawn C. Burdette and Brett F. Thornton examine hafnium’s emergence from ores containing a seemingly identical element to become both a chemical oddity and an essential material for producing nuclear energy.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA

    Shawn C. Burdette

  2. Department of Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Brett F. Thornton

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Burdette, S.C., Thornton, B.F. Hafnium the lutécium I used to be. Nature Chem 10, 1074 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-018-0140-6

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