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Discovery of Neutron: Chadwick Experiment

Chadwick bombarded beryllium with alpha particles and observed very penetrating radiations emitted from beryllium. The mass of these particles was nearly equal to a hydrogen atom, and they were not deflected by electric or magnetic fields. These neutral particles were named neutrons. Goldstein observed radiations emitted from the anode during discharge tube experiments and deduced they must carry a positive charge since they originated from the anode. These anode rays travel in straight lines and contain positively charged particles with a mass 1836 times that of electrons, which were named protons.

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Discovery of Neutron: Chadwick Experiment

Chadwick bombarded beryllium with alpha particles and observed very penetrating radiations emitted from beryllium. The mass of these particles was nearly equal to a hydrogen atom, and they were not deflected by electric or magnetic fields. These neutral particles were named neutrons. Goldstein observed radiations emitted from the anode during discharge tube experiments and deduced they must carry a positive charge since they originated from the anode. These anode rays travel in straight lines and contain positively charged particles with a mass 1836 times that of electrons, which were named protons.

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DISCOVERY OF NEUTRON
CHADWICK
 
EXPERIMENT
Chadwick in an experiment bombarded Be with a-particles. In his experiment he observe
that some very penetrating radiations coming out from Be. These radiations consist of
  material particles. Mass of these particles was nearly equal to the mass of one hydrogen
atom. Since these particles were not deflected by magnetic or electric field ,therefore they
are named as Neutrons.
9 4 12 1
4Be + 2H  6C + 0n
DISCOVERY OF PROTON
DISCOVERY OF [email protected]
 
PROTON
Passage of electricity through the gases at low pressure also resulted in the discovery of
proton.During the discharge tube experiments, a famous scientist Gold Stein observed
  that if a perforated cathode is used, some radiations appear behind the cathode. Since
radiations are coming from anode, therefore, it was assumed that they must carry a
positive charge. These rays are known as Anode Rays.
PROPERTIES OF
 
ANODE RAYS
   
Anode rays travel in straight line.
They consist of material particles. [email protected]
These rays contain positive charge.
  These rays actually consist of positive ions of various gases used in the experiment.
Their positive charge is either equal to electronic charge (e) or some multiple of it.
These particles which have a mass 1836 times that of the electron are known as
protons.
   
   
   
   
   
   

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