Magnesium-28 in Rain: Produced by Cosmic Rays
- 2 December 1966
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3753) , 1180-1181
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3753.1180
Abstract
Existence of magnesium-28 (half-life, 21.3 hours) produced by cosmic rays in rain at concentrations of 1.7 and 6.1 x 10-1 atoms per milliliter was established radiochemically by isolating this nuclide from several hundred liters of rain samples collected at Fayetteville, Arkansas.Keywords
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