1937 ⟶ Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè synthesize technetium-97

Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè perform the first confirmed s...
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☢️ Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè synthesize technetium-97

Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè perform the first confirmed synthesis of technetium-97, the first artificially produced element, filling a gap in the periodic table. Though disputed, the element may have been synthesized as early as 1925 by Walter Noddack and others.⟶
Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè synthesize technetium-97 (1937)
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Carlo Perrier and Emilio Segrè synthesize technetium-97 (1937)