What is Edwin McMillan famously credited for?
Invention of the transistor
Creation of the first transuranium element
Discovery of DNA
Invention of the telephone
Answer
Edwin McMillan is credited for creating the first transuranium element. This is an element that is heavier than uranium, and was the first element to be discovered that was not naturally occurring on Earth. McMillan and his colleague Philip Abelson were able to create the element neptunium by bombarding uranium with deuterons, which are heavy hydrogen atoms.
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