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2 unusual facts about James Chadwick


Electron neutrino

However, in 1914, James Chadwick showed that electrons were instead emitted in a continuous spectrum.

When James Chadwick discovered a much more massive nuclear particle in 1932 and also named it a neutron, this left the two particles with the same name.


S-1 Uranium Committee

The first meeting was on April 10, 1940 and the committee consisted of Sir George Paget Thomson as chairman and Marcus Oliphant, Patrick Blackett, James Chadwick, Philip Moon, and John Cockcroft as members.


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