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JAMES CHADWICK Nobel Prize in Physics for 1935
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Who’s James Chadwick? Born in Cheshire, England 20th october 1921 Joseph Chadwick and Anne Mary Knowles
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Manchester high school and Manchester University Honours School of Physics 2 years Physical Laboratory in Manchester Interned in Ruhleben
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Why did he won the Nobel Prize? Fundamental discovery: He proved the existence of neutrons
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NEUTRONS Elementary particles devoid of an electrical charge Not overcome any electric barries Is capable of penetrating and splitting the nuclei of the elements
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He prepared the way towards uranium 235 the creation of the atomic bomb
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Which was the historical approach? Just before the second World War started
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Previous to the discovery 1900: emergence of a new Physics Detection of unexpected forms of radiations Wilhelm Röntgen Henri Becquerel Marie and Pierre Curie Rutherford and Soddy
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Applications nowadays Applications in the earth science Applications in the energy Applications in the environment
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