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A New Radio-active Product from Actinium

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AT the suggestion of Prof. Rutherford, I have made an examination to see if there is any product in actinium corresponding to the product UrX in uranium or ThX in thorium. The investigations were made with a preparation of the emanating substance of Giesel (of activity 300 times that of uranium), which has been shown to be identical in radio-active properties with the actinium of Debierne.

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GODLEWSKI, T. A New Radio-active Product from Actinium. Nature 71, 294–295 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/071294b0

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