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1943 Nov

1943 Nov

The world's first sample of plutonium in metal form is produced by reducing PuF4 with Ba at the Chicago Met Lab.

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Plutonium pellet.
Date Range: 
1943CE Nov
Era: 
1942 to 1943: Early Manhattan Project