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Radioactivity & the Atomic Bomb: A Brief History Notes
1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen
1896 – Henri Bequerel
1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie
1903 – Marie Curie
Early uses of Radium and other radioactive sources
1911 – Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford’s Experiment
1911 - C.T.R. Wilson
Characteristics of the 3 Radioactive Particles
1913 – Hans Gieger
Comparing Counts of Radiation Particles
1913 – Henry Moseley
Isotopes
Characteristics of Isotopes 1.
2.
3.
Two ways atoms become radioactive 1.
2.
How a radioactive atom becomes stable
The Three Types of Radioactive Decay
Practice! The Uranium-238 Decay Sequence
1932 - James Chadwick
1933-1938 - The Exodus of Scientists
1933 - Leo Szilard
1938 - Otto Hahn & Fritz Strassman
1939 - Albert Einstein & Leo Szilard
1940 - Ernest O. Lawrence
1941 - Glenn Seaborg
Dec. 1941 - Roosevelt
1941 - Enrico Fermi
1942 - 1945 The Manhattan Project
July 1945 - the Trinity Test
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
The Atomic Bombs Destruction Zones Vaporization Radius
Total Destruction Zone
Severe Blast Damage Area
Severe Heat Damage Area
Severe Fire and Wind Damage Area
Effects of the Atomic Bomb Explosion 1.
2. 3. 4. 5.
Human Effects of the Atomic Bomb 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Aftermath
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