Articles related to "Ernest Rutherford"



First Baron Ernest Rutherford Brief Biography
Brief biography of scientist Baron Ernest Rutherford whose work formed the basis of nuclear physics, best known for atom planetary model and atomic nucleus discovery.
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Physics Discoveries in Canada: Ernest Rutherford
Arriving from New Zealand in 1898, Rutherford dove into research in the Montreal, Quebec lab, initiating major discoveries that enlarged the field of nuclear physics.
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A Force of Nature by Richard Reeves
Early in the 20th century, it was accepted that matter was composed of atoms. But what exactly was an atom? Ernest Rutherford would have something to say about that.
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Early Theories of Atomic Structure
J. J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford pioneered studies of atomic structure, but their early models of the structure of the atom had serious flaws.
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Canada's First Nuclear Reactor: ZEEP
The research on atomic theories performed with the ZEEP reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, lead to the large scale atomic reactors providing nuclear power today.
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Early Particle Accelerators
The history of subatomic research is truly interesting - from the early laboratory experiments to capturing cosmic rays to the glory of modern accelerators.
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Nuclear Chain Reactions
Most people are aware of the destructive force held within an atomic weapon, but what are physical forces are conspiring in order to cause such a violent explosion?
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Radioactivity and Alpha Particles
Alpha particles are emitted from a radioactive substance by way of quantum tunneling and is governed by a statistical look at the strong nuclear force.
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Rutherford and the Atomic Nucleus
New Zealander Ernest Rutherford made waves in the scientific community in the first couple decades of the twentieth century with his work on the atomic structure.
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The Beginnings of Nuclear Physics
In the final decades of the nineteenth and first few decades of the twentieth centuries, physicists would begin to unlock the mysteries of radioactivity.
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The Discovery of the Neutron
In 1932, James Chadwick proved that the atomic nucleus contained a neutral particle which had been proposed more than a decade earlier by Ernest Rutherford.
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Atoms - The Smallest Part of All Elements
They are as small as one-Angstrom diameter hydrogen, or as large as the heavyweight uranium atom, which is 238 x heavier than hydrogen.They are the stuff of life - atoms
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Biography of Philipp Lenard
Philipp Lenard's major contribution to science was in the study of cathode rays, for which he won a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905.
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Niels Bohr, Physicist
Brief biography and philosophy of Niels Bohr, famous for the atomic structure model, the foundation of quantum mechanics.
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The History Of Chemistry
In this article you will learn about the history of Chemistry, begining with the Alchemist, trying to make lead into gold, to modern chemistry.
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Ancient Theories of Atoms
Atoms, of course, have existed since the beginning of time. Man's study of them, however, did not begin until considerably after that.
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Bohr's Model of the Atom
The Bohr model of the atom was a major leap forward in our understanding of atomic structure and quantum mechanics, but it was not the final answer.
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John Dalton and Atomic Theory
After having sat dormant for more than two thousand years, atomic theory was finally brought into the modern age with the work of John Dalton.
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The Discovery of the Electron
The first discovery of a subatomic particle would come in 1897, when J.J. Thompson first discovered evidence for the existence of the electron.
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The Scale of Atoms
Much of the difficulty scientists had in discovering, and then proving the existence of, atoms, is their size. Something so small had never before been defined.
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Brownian Motion and Atomic Theory
Following up on the work of John Dalton, Robert Brown and, later, Albert Einstein, would finally help to convince the world of the existence of atoms.
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Niels Bohr - Danish Physicist Extraordinaire
Niels Bohr proposed a quantum structure for the atom, won a Nobel prize for physics, and worked on the Manhattan.
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Canadian Nobel Winners
Canada has contributed enough to get some nobels prizes. Here is a little view at these either Canadian Born or Canadian Citizens who have won the Nobel Prizes.
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Advice and Reflections on Money
Words of wisdom on money, wealth, happiness and life from ancient history to the modern day.
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