Thompson, Stanley

Stanley G. Thompson joined my group on October 1, 1942 and it fell to his lot to discover the process that was chosen for use at Clinton Laboratories (in Tennessee) and the Hanford Engineer Works (in the state of Washington) for the separation of plutonium from uranium and the immense intensity of radioactive fission products with which it was produced in the nuclear chain reactors. Again I turn to my journal to tell the story ... 

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), together with Stanley Gerald Thompson (1912-1967) and Albert Ghiorso ( 1915). The bombardment of americium-241 with alpha particles led to element 97 with atomic mass number 243. The enrichment involved chemical methods, as the properties of the element were assumed to be analogous to those of the lanthanides. 

Stanley, S.M. (2002). Earth System History (3rd printing). W.H. Freeman and Company, New York Thompson, D.W. (1961). On Growth and Form (abridged edition) J.T. Bonner (ed.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (reprinted 1988)... 

Berhelium (Bk, [Rn]5/97.v2J, named after Berkeley, California. Obtained (1949) by Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso and Glenn T. Seaborg. 

Albert Ghiorso and his team of chemists that included Glenn T. Seaborg, Stanley G. Thompson, Bernard G. Harvey, and Gregory R. Ghoppin bombarded atoms of einsteinium-253 with hehum ions in the cyclotron at the University of California at Berkeley. This resulted in a few atoms of mendelevium-256, which is one of the isotopes of mendelevium plus a free neutron. 

Berkelium Bk 1949 (Berkeley, California) Stanley Thompson, Glenn Seaborg, and Albert Ghiorso (all American) 324... 

American chemists and physicists Glenn T. Seaborg, Stanley Thompson, and Albert Ghiorso Produced by bombarding americium-241 with helium nuclei scarce, radioactive, currently of little commercial use. 

J. A. Stanley, P. C. Williamson, D. J. Drost, T. J. Carr, R. J. Rylett, A. Malla and R. T. Thompson, An in vivo study of the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients at different stages of illness via phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 1995, 52,399-406. 

Stanley-Thompson Laboratory, School of Engineering, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. 10027... 

Banks RE, Stanley AJ, Cairns DA, Barrett JH, Clarke P, Thompson D, et al. Influences of blood sample processing on low-molecular-weight proteome identified by surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Clin Chem 2005 51(9) 1637 1649. 

Stanley-Thompson Laboratories, Henry Krumb School of Mines,... 

Californium was discovered in 1950 by a research team at the University of California at Berkeley. The team—made up of Glenn Seaborg (1912— 1999), Albert Ghiorso (1915—), Kenneth Street Jr. (1920—2006), and Stanley G. Thompson (1912—1976)—named the new element after the state of Galifornia. 

Albert Ghiorso, Kenneth Street Jr., and Stanley G. Thompson prepare californium. 

University of California at Berkeley researchers Glenn Seaborg, Albert Ghiorso, Bernard G. Harvey, Gregory R. Choppin, and Stanley G. Thompson prepare mendelevium ( 101). 

Named after Berkeley, California, berkelium was created in 1949 by the team of Stanley G. Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, and Glenn T. Seaborg at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California. They bombarded americium with helium ions to create the new element. Elemental berkelium has not been synthesized, and only microgram quantities of berkelium chloride have been made, but enough to characterize the element. Primarily of scientific interest, it has no commercial applications. 

Named after Dimitri Mendeleev, mendelevium was first synthesized in 1955 by the team of Albert Ghiorso, Bernard G. Harvey, Gregory R. Choppin, Stanley G. Thompson, and Glenn T. Seaborg. They used the 60-inch cyclotron at the Berkeley Laboratory of the University of California to bombard einsteinium with helium ions. Only enough atoms of mendelevium have been made to confirm its identity. 

The precious drops were driven up to the nuclear chemistry building on the hill. Greg and Ber-nie raced into the lab where Stanley Thompson was waiting with the apparatus with which to separate the element 101 from einsteinium, gold, and anything else that might be present. 

ALBERT GHIORSO BERNARD G. HARVEY GREGORY R. CHOPPIN STANLEY G. THOMPSON... 

Element 98 (californium) is created by Glenn Seaborg, Albert Chiorso, Stanley G. Thompson, and Kenneth Street, Jr. 

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