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...Of course, Otto Hahn's accomplishments do not stop at his discovery of nuclear fission! Here are some of his other notable accomplishments:

Hahn's Discovery of Radiothorium:
...Hahn, an organic chemist, was very surprised when he was told to study radioactivity, but it seems that it all worked out in the end. While working with William Ramsay, Hahn was required to isolate radium from barium salts. He succeeded, and through his great skills realized that he found a new radioactive element, radiothorium.1

Hahn's Discovery of Radioactinium and Thorium C:
...Hahn went to Montreal to study with Ernest Rutherford, due to the advice of Ramsay. While in Canada with Rutherford, Hahn was able to discover another radioactive element, radioactinium. Shortly afterwards, after helping Rutherford with his research on alpha decay, Hahn was able to find an addition product of radioactive decay, Thorium C. Rutherford praised him highly for all of his work.1


 







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Actinium 2
Radioactinium, an element Otto Hahn was able to discover.


1. Neubauer, Dr. Edmund. Otto Hahn. December 17, 2005. <http://www.ohg-marktredwitz.de/hahn/hahne.htm>.
2. Unknown Author. 98-Ac-Actinium. December 18, 2005. <http://www.lispme.de/pse/89_Ac_en.html>.





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