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Nuclear Chemistry Timeline
Mr. Taylor, 4th Hour, EAHS
Created by
Tim
⟶ Updated 21 Nov 2017 ⟶
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Events
December 31, 1895: Henri Becquerel discoveres x-rays
November 8, 1895: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen theorizes that fluorescent light shining through a paper wrapped tube must be the result of rays
December 2, 1896: Marie Curie discoveres Radium and Plutonium
May 2, 1908: Hans Greiger creates the first alpha decay particle detector
May 2, 1910: Marie Curie & Pierre Curie form pure Radium and document its properties
May 2, 1932: James Chadwick used alpha particles to discover the neutron
September 2, 1939: Leo Szilard discovers the nuclear chain concept
May 2, 1941: Luis Walter Alvarez discovers that radar can be used to detect submarines
May 2, 1942: Robert Oppenhiemer conducts research later used to create the atomic bomb
May 2, 1946: Willard Libby theorizes the basis of carbon dating
May 2, 1955: Teller, E. and Ulam, S. create the hydrogen bomb (fusion and fission)
January 21, 1954: The first nuclear submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus, is launched
Periods
Electricity from nuclear fission produced in Idaho
The United States cancels thier neutron bomb program (would destroy life but leave property intact)
Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (e=mc^2)
