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RefNoMS/929/1/193
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Frederick Soddy, FRS, Chemical Laboratory, Glasgow University, to James Mackenzie Davidson
Date28 November 1911
DescriptionInforms Mackenzie Davidson that the initial gamma rays from the thorium deposit will be the same as that from radium in a tube, though they decay rapidly. Notes that the same applies for the beta rays, while the alpha rays will be present in a lesser amount than that from the radium. Discusses the decay time of thorium emanation.
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8018Soddy; Frederick (1877 - 1956)1877 - 1956
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