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Uranium triggered a great excitement in science. Had the most protons of any know element. By the end of 1934 a team began to investigate neutron-induced uranium decay.
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nuclear investigators in both fields had collaborated to provide a stunning explanation of uranium.
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It was believed that elements beyond U would correspondingly resemble other elements. Hahn was sure of the chemical evidence of transuranes.
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Political situation in Germany had become dangerous. Because she was Jewish she had to flee.
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Barium appeared to be a result of neutron bombardment of uranium.
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Hahn won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of the unexpected phenomenon.
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Since she was Jewish and the politics at the time she was not well recognized of her findings until after her death.