Tag: Beta decay
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Secrets of beta decay unraveled at ISOLDE
Secrets of beta decay unraveled at ISOLDE Ernest Rutherford, in 1899, separated radioactive emissions into two types: alpha and beta. Becquerel, in 1900, measured the mass-to-charge ratio of beta particles and identified them as electrons. The theory of β decay was developed by Fermi in 1934. However, even now predicting the half-life of beta decaying