Word: neodymium
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tenn. they had synthesized and isolated Element 61, thus filling the last gap in the periodic table. They had extracted the missing element from the miscellaneous "fission products" formed by uranium atoms splitting in the Oak Ridge pile, and had also built it up by bombarding Element No. 60 (neodymium) with neutrons...