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ERIC Number: EJ447778
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-1048-8820
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A Strange Box and a Stubborn Brit: Rutherford's Experiments with Alpha Particles.
Digilov, M.
Quantum, v1 n4 p26-27,55 Mar-Apr 1991
Discusses 5 innovative experiments conducted by Rutherford in early 1900s utilizing the 30 milligrams of radium salt he personally carried from Europe to Canada in 1903. Traces his work with alpha particles from his original results which determined their nature, charge, and mass, to his technique of backscattering which helped to advance understanding about the structure of the atom. (JJK)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Atomic Theory, Radiation, Radioisotopes, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science History, Scientific Research, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Spectroscopy, Structural Analysis (Science)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Historical Materials
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Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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