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Identify the radioactive source of alpha particles in alpha scattering experiments |
Answer» The 1908 experimentA 1908 paper by Geiger, On the Scattering of α-Particles by Matter, describes the FOLLOWING experiment. He CONSTRUCTED a LONG GLASS tube, nearly two METERS in length. At one end of the tube was a quantity of "radium emanation" (R) that served as a source of alpha particles. |
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