What did Becquerel discover about uranium?
a. That some uranium salts fluoresced in sunlight.
b. That all uranium salts fluoresced in sunlight.
c. That X rays striking some uranium salts produced visible light.
d. That fluorescent light can pass right through the light proof covering used then for photographic plates.
e. That all uranium salts would expose photographic film with or without exposure to light.
e
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Determine the radius of its spiraling orbit. [proton: 1.67 × 10-27 kg and 1.6 × 10-19 Coulomb]
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A) 60 cm B) 58 cm C) 76 cm D) 44 cm E) 62 cm