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JAMES CHADWICK

JAMES CHADWICK. Nobel Prize in Physics for 1935. Who’s James Chadwick?. Born in Cheshire, England 20th october 1921 Joseph Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles. Manchester high school and Manchester University Honours School of Physics 2 years  Physical Laboratory in Manchester

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JAMES CHADWICK

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  1. JAMES CHADWICK Nobel Prize in Physics for 1935

  2. Who’s James Chadwick? • Born in Cheshire, England • 20th october 1921 • Joseph Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles

  3. Manchester high school and Manchester University • Honours School of Physics • 2 years Physical Laboratory in Manchester • Interned in Ruhleben

  4. Why did he won the Nobel Prize? • Fundamental discovery: He proved the existence of neutrons

  5. NEUTRONS • Elementary particles devoid of an electrical charge • Not overcome any electric barries • Is capable of penetrating and splitting the nuclei of the elements

  6. He prepared the way towards uranium 235 the creation of the atomic bomb

  7. Which was the historical approach? • Just before the second World War started

  8. Previous to the discovery • 1900: emergence of a new Physics • Detection of unexpected forms of radiations Wilhelm Röntgen Henri Becquerel Marie and Pierre Curie Rutherford and Soddy

  9. Applications nowadays • Applications in the earth science • Applications in the energy • Applications in the environment

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