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How did Albert Ghiorso's team at Berkeley synthesize lawrencium by bombarding californium-252 with boron ions?
Isotopes and Isotope Techniques
Particle Physics
Periodic Table and Element Discovery
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Synthesis of lawrencium, element 103
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