ESS102H1 Lecture Notes - Henri Becquerel, Radium Chloride, William Conrad
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In 1899, t. c. chamberlin (1843-1928), professor of geology at the university of. Aside: he suggested that planets formed by accretion: radioactivity, william conrad roentgen (1845-1923) Professor at wuerzberg and then munich, germany discovered x-rays on 08 nov 1895. Society in 1895: antoine henri becquerel (1852-1908) discovered natural x-rays. Marie discovered that the strength of the radiation did not depend on the compound, but the amount of uranium they contained. She concluded that it must be linked to the interior of the atom itself. After thousands of crystallizations, marie isolated one decigram of almost pure radium chloride and determined radium"s atomic weight as 225. Won scholarship to study in cambridge, where he started on atomic physics. Warm, outgoing personality accepted professorship at mcgill 1898-1907 collaborated with frederick soddy. Met the curie"s in 1903 in 1908 he was awarded nobel prize in chemistry in 1909 developed model of atom (mini solar system)
