On the Velocity of the Cathode Particles Emitted by Various Metals under the Influence of Rontgen Rays, and Its Bearing on the Theory of Atomic Disintegration . nd thosefor platinum is small, but even if the velocity does depend on the atomicweight, we should not expect a great difference, their atomic weights beingso near to one another. Lead has an atomic weight of 207, while that ofplatinum is 195. As regards the slowest particles, an interesting point is that they seem tohave much the same velocity as resulted from the other metals, if weremember the greater inaccuracy which is possible in
On the Velocity of the Cathode Particles Emitted by Various Metals under the Influence of Rontgen Rays, and Its Bearing on the Theory of Atomic Disintegration . nd thosefor platinum is small, but even if the velocity does depend on the atomicweight, we should not expect a great difference, their atomic weights beingso near to one another. Lead has an atomic weight of 207, while that ofplatinum is 195. As regards the slowest particles, an interesting point is that they seem tohave much the same velocity as resulted from the other metals, if weremember the greater inaccuracy which is possible in measuring theirdeflection, due, as explained before, to the somewhat indistinct nature of this edge of the line. Table V.—Gold. ]STo. ofplate. Parallelspark gap. Currentthroughprimary. Distance of tube from Al inlet. Exposure inminutes. Deviation in mm. Telocity ~109. Fastest. Slowest. Fastest. Slowest. b cm. 3*4 3-6 15-0 4-86*0 1 cm. 5-518*0 6*0 255032 4-1 4-05 38 5*05 5-0 4-97 *57-68*1 For this metal the distance between the slits was 3*025 cm. with the samemagnetic field as before. The prints are the following— a.
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