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We solved the first problem by bombarding large amounts of uranyl nitrate with neutrons at the cyclotrons at the University of California and Washington University plutonium concentrates were derived from these sources through the efforts of teams of chemists who used ether extractions to separate the bulk of the uranium and an oxidation-reduction cycle with rare earth fluoride carrier to concentrate the product. I managed to convince chemists trained in the techniques of ultramicrochemistry to join us to solve the second problem—Burris B. Cunningham and Louis B. Werner of the University of California and Michael Cefola from New York University. 

Using this ultra-microchemical equipment, Burris B. Cunningham and Louis B. Werner worked out the chemistry of plutonium. They also weighed the first visible sample of plutonium, which is shown on page 136. Its weight Just under one ten-millionth of an ounce. 

One of the pioneering microchemical techniques developed in the laboratory of the late Professor Burris B. Cunningham at the... 

A number of colleagues, graduate students, and postdoctoral research associates have contributed much toward the development and application of microchemical techniques to research with the transplutonium elements. The author gratefully acknowledges their assistance and patience. In view of space only their names are listed here. At the Berkeley laboratory (LBL) Burris Cunningham, Jim Wallmann, Tom Parsons, Jere Green, Dennis Fujita, and Judy Copeland. At the Oak Ridge laboratory (TRL) ... 

Another specialist in ultramicrochemistry, Paul Kirk, taught at Berkeley. Seaborg hired a recent Ph.D. whom Kirk had trained, Burris Cunningham, and a graduate student, Louis B. Werner. I always thought I was tall, the chemistry laureate comments, but Werner at six feet seven topped him by four inches, a tight fit in the small laboratory. 

Louis B. Werner and Burris Cunningham in Chicago the day they isolated the first pure sample of plutonium, August 20, 1942. 

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This work is dedicated to Professor Burris B. Cunningham University of California, Berkeley 1912-1971... 

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