Radiations from Radioactive Substances

✍ Scribed by Ernest Rutherford, James Chadwick, Charles Drummond Ellis

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 615
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) was a New Zealand-born physicist who has become known as the 'father of nuclear physics' for his discovery of the so-called planetary structure of atoms. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. His co-authors, James Chadwick and Charles D. Ellis also made significant discoveries in the field of nuclear physics, with Chadwick discovering the neutron particle in 1932. Research in nuclear physics in the 1930s had become focused on investigating the natures of alpha, beta and gamma radiation and their effects on matter and atomic structure. This volume provides a definitive account of the state of research into these types of radiation in 1930, explaining the theory and process behind inferring the structure of the atom and the structure of the nucleus. The text of this volume is taken from a 1951 reissue of the 1930 edition.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
LIST OF PLATES......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Chap. I - Radioactive Transformations......Page 18
Chap. II - The [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Rays......Page 53
Chap. III - Absorption of the [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Rays......Page 82
Chap. IV - Some Properties of the [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Particle......Page 116
Chap. V - Theories of Absorption of [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Rays......Page 149
Chap. VI - Secondary Effects produced by [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Rays......Page 162
Chap. VII - General Properties of the Radiations......Page 182
Chap. VIII - The Scattering of [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] and [GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA] Particles......Page 206
Chap. IX - The Collisions of [GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA] Particles with Light Atoms......Page 255
Chap. X - The Artificial Disintegration of the Light Elements......Page 296
Chap. XI - The Radioactive Nuclei......Page 332
Chap. XII - [GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA] Ray and [GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA] Ray Spectra......Page 352
Chap. XIII - The Disintegration Electrons......Page 400
Chap. XIV - The Passage of [GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA] Particles through Matter......Page 426
Chap. XV - The Scattering and Absorption of [GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA] Rays......Page 466
Chap. XVI - Intensity Problems connected with the Emission of [GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA] Rays......Page 510
Chap. XVII - Atomic Nuclei......Page 532
Chap. XVIII - Miscellaneous......Page 552
Appendix......Page 584
Subject Index......Page 592
Index of Names......Page 599

✦ Subjects

Физика;Квантовая физика;Ядерная физика;