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FLEISCHMANN1 and Rassetti2 have investigated the absorption of -rays excited in various elements by slow neutrons, and found quantum energies ranging from 2 × 106 to 5 × 106 e.v. When, however, -rays originate in a process of neutron fixation leading to the formation of a stable element, as, for example, in the case of cadmium, one would expect from mass-spectroscopic data essentially higher energies of the order of 10 × 106 e.v.
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HERSZFINKIEL, H., WERTENSTEIN, L. Absorption of -Rays Excited in Cadmium by Slow Neutrons. Nature 137, 106–107 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137106a0
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