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Catalysis and chemistry

Catalysis and chemistry

Hunt for the superheavies

02 Mar 2021 Hamish Johnston
Taken from the March 2021 issue of Physics World.

Hamish Johnston reviews Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table by Kit Chapman

GSI Darmstadt
Heavy findings The Separator for Heavy Ion reaction Products (SHIP) at the GSI lab in Darmstadt, Germany, is just one nuclear-physics set-up looking for superheavy elements. (Courtesy: J Hosan/GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH)
Atomic nuclei have been intensely researched for more than a century, but they remain things of myst

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