Radio-Activity
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The preface to Radio-Activity says the author has endeavoured to give a connected account of the properties of naturally radio-active bodies from a physical standpoint. The discussion of radiographs says that secondary rays generally produce a diffuse border around shadows in images made with the β rays of radium. The account describes Mme Curie's electrical comparison of ionization currents when screens of different materials placed over polonium were interchanged.
The discussion states that the amount of secondary rays produced varies according to the material used for the screens. The account uses radium emanation as an example of matter emitting an enormous amount of energy under special conditions.
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- Author
- Ernest Rutherford
- Pages
- 556
- Language
- English
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- Physics
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