Ernest RUtherford
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand-born British physicist
Went to Canterbury collage and university of Cambridge;
Research . J. Thomson on the conductive effects of X-rays on gases
helped almost 1,000 university refugees from Germany
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Rutherford and Thomson studied the effects of X-rays on the conductivity of gases, resulting in a paper about dividing atoms and molecules into ions.
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The Rutherford model or planetary model is a model of the atom devised by Ernest
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As it turns out, the alpha particle was identical to the nucleus of a helium atom. The beta particle was, in fact, the same as an electron or positron.
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