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Possible Mechanism of Atomic Disintegration

Nature volume 120, pages 442–443 (1927)Cite this article

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THE experiments of atomic disintegration (Rutherford, Chadwick, Kirsch, Pettersen, Kara-Michailova, Bieler, etc.) show that by bombardment of α-particles it is possible to obtain hydrogen emission. Taking the case of heavy atoms, with big nuclear charges, if the α-particle cannot reach the nucleus, then hydrogen must come from the more external part of the atom.

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PICCARDI, G. Possible Mechanism of Atomic Disintegration. Nature 120, 442–443 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120442c0

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