Discovery

Discovery:

• 1896 Discovery of Radioactivity
• 1897 Discovery of Electrons
• 1898 Extraction of Radioactive Elements by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
• 1904 The Currant Bun
• 1908 -1911 Exploration and Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus
• 1913 Bohr's Atom
• 1919 Discovery of Protons
• 1932 Discovery of Neutrons by James Chadwick
• 1934 Production of the First Radioisotope
• 1938 Nuclear Fission ~ Realization of the Splitting of Uranium Nucleus
• 1942 Fermi's Nuclear Reactor
• 1942 Manhattan Project
• 1945 The First Atomic Bomb in War

Experiments:

• Becquerel's Experiment
• Alpha-Particle Scattering Experiments
• Finding Protons - Bombardment of Nitrogen Gas with Alpha Particles
• Find Neutrons - Bombardment of Beryllium with Alpha Particles

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