Harvard Transmutation of Gold from Mercury
Harvard Transmutation of Gold from Mercury 1941 Harvard Physics Experiment: Mercury, Linacs, and the Transmutation into Gold In 1941, physicists at Harvard University conducted an extraordinary nuclear experiment using a linear particle accelerator (linac) to bombard mercury (Hg) with high-energy particles. Reports from this little-known but scientifically significant event describe that the experiment successfully induced … Read more