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15 Cards in this Set
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Roengenten |
discovers the x-ray |
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JJ Thompson |
discovers the electron |
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Henri Becquerel |
discovers radio activity |
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The Curies |
discover more radioactive elements (polonium) and radioactivity burns |
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Max Planck |
comes up with E=hv, the equation for blackbodies (radiation) |
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3 types of radioactive decay |
alpha, beta, gamma |
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Einstein |
comes up with E=mc^2 (mass energy equivalence), also comes up with special relativity & photoelectric effect. |
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Rutherford, Geiger, Marsden |
Gold Foil Expirement |
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Henry Mosely |
discovers the atomic number and x-ray spectroscopy |
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Rutherford |
discovers atomic number of hydrogen is 1, and also does the first splitting of the atom. |
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Arthur Compton |
proves that light=photons traveling in a wave |
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Louis de Broglie |
calculates wavelength from matter |
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Chadwick |
discovers neutrons |
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Fermi |
does first fission reaction in lab |
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Heisenberg |
creates uncertainty law |
