Ernest Rutherford - Radiation Quotes

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[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the alpha radiation, and the other of a more penetrative character, which will be termed the beta radiation.

Ernest Rutherford

These experiments show that the uranium radiation is complex and that there are present at least two distinct types of radiation - one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the alpha-radiation, and the other of more penetrative character which will be termed the beta-radiation.

Ernest Rutherford