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Cloud chamber photograph of disintegration of a nitrogen atom
Patrick Blackett1930s
Science Museum
London, United Kingdom
This picture of the disintegration of a nitrogen atom taken by P M S Blackett (1897–1974) using a cloud chamber was taken to be evidence that protons were constituents of all nuclei. A cloud chamber allows the paths followed by some particles to be traced.
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- Title: Cloud chamber photograph of disintegration of a nitrogen atom
- Creator: Patrick Blackett
- Date Created: 1930s
- Rights: © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, Science Museum Group Collection, This is a Rights Managed image
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