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LEA1 has shown that paraffin when bombarded with neutrons from a (Po + Be) source emits heterogeneous-radiation of quantum energy 24 × 106 e.v. By bombarding graphite with the same radiation and by testing paraffin with the radiation of ThC it was shown that the effect was due to impacts between the bombarding neutrons and protons and it was, therefore, suggested that the radiation arose as a result of the union of a proton and neutron to form a diplon.
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WALKE, H. Annihilation Radiation from Paraffin Bombarded with Neutrons. Nature 134, 495 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134495a0
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