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The Metallurgical Laboratory (or Met Lab) was a scientific laboratory from 1942 to 1946 at the University of Chicago. It was established in February 1942 and became the Argonne National Laboratory in July 1946.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Metallurgical Laboratory | Budget | $30.69 million (1943–1946) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Director | Richard L. Doan Samuel K. Allison Joyce C. Stearns Farrington Daniels | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Established | February 1942 (1942-02)–July 1946 (1946-07) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Field of research | Plutonium chemistry and metallurgy, nuclear reactor design | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Nobel laureates | Arthur Compton Enrico Fermi James Franck Glenn Seaborg Eugene Wigner | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Operating agency | University of Chicago | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Research type | classified | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metallurgical Laboratory | Staff | 2,008 on 1 July 1944 | 1.00 | infobox |
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| determine the neutron capture cross section of elements | instance of | This included tests to investigate the properties of isotopes | 0.80 | text |
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