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Determination of Manganese-54 in Iron Meteorite

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MEASUREMENT of radioactivity in meteorites induced by cosmic rays reveals the flux of cosmic rays which have irradiated these bodies. The measurement of short-life or medium-life activity is therefore interesting since it makes it possible to compare the flux at the final time of irradiation with that of average long time.

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YOKOYAMA, Y., LABEYRIE, J. Determination of Manganese-54 in Iron Meteorite. Nature 201, 809–810 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201809a0

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