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WHEN radium A is transformed into radium B, the process is accompanied by the expulsion of an α particle. It has been shown that in these circumstances the atom of radium B recoils from the α particle with considerable velocity, as is to be expected from a consideration of the momentum of the system.
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MAKOWER, W., RUSS, S. The Recoil of Radium B from Radium A. Nature 83, 460 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083460d0
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