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Evidence is presented for the possible existence of a superheavy element produced by secondary reactions in a tungsten target bombarded by 24 GeV protons.
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MARINOV, A., BATTY, C., KILVINGTON, A. et al. Evidence for the Possible Existence of a Superheavy Element with Atomic Number 112. Nature 229, 464–467 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229464a0
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