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IN earlier papers one of us has stated that long-range particles which can be detected by their scintillations on a zinc sulphide screen are observed when α-particles pass through air or nitrogen, but not through oxygen or carbon dioxide. From the deflection of these particles in a magnetic field it appeared that they were charged hydrogen atoms, indicating that some of the nitrogen atoms were disintegrated by an intense collision with an α-particle.
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RUTHERFORD, E., CHADWICK, J. The Disintegration of Elements by α-Particles. Nature 107, 41 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107041b0
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