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Kai M. Siegbahn
Kai M. Siegbahn (1918 - ) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1981 for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy.
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A look inside the Atom
Exhibition site to mark 100 years since the discovery of the electron. Overview of experiments. Details of J J Thomson, images, sound files. Attractive, informative, highly recommended!
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Resistance at the molecular level
A useful animation to demonstrate the free electron model of current flow, showing electrical resistance in the copper wire of a lightbulb.
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Electric Force fields
A simple site that contains an online alternative to plotting compass' or iron filings. The applet is very effective at showing both the direction of the force on an electron and its magnitude.
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Spintronics gets serious
Article from Physics World with links to other information - Spintronic devices, which harness the spin of the electron as well as its charge, could be a step closer following recent experiments on ...
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Wave Nature of Matter
In 1913, about ten years after Bohr published his results, Louis de Broglie came up with a fascinating idea to explain some of the assumptions in the Bohr Model of the atom such as why should an ...
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Leo Szilard
Leo Szilard (1898 - 1964) ideas included the linear accelerator, cyclotron, electron microscope, and nuclear chain reaction. Equally important was his insistence that scientists accept moral ...
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James Franck
James Franck (1881 - 1964) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925 along with Gustav Hertz for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
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Refraction of Light
Covers the law of refraction including interactive Java tutorials. Links to ideas of fluorescence, diffraction, polarization, reflection, scattering, and Virtual microscopy (Virtual scanning electron ...
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Neutron Degeneracy
Neutron degeneracy is a stellar application of the Pauli Exclusion Principle, as is electron degeneracy. No two neutrons can occupy identical states, even under the pressure of a collapsing star of ...
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