Henri Becquerel
Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity in 1896.[1] This happened when a piece of pitchblende ruined some photographic film and he investigated. Other scientists had seen film similarly ruined but did not discover why.
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| Born | December 15, 1852 |
| Died | August 25, 1908 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Known for | Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 |
The SI unit becquerel named after him. One becquerel (Bq) is equal to one radioactive decay process per second. He was the third person in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
Henri Becquerel Media
M. Becquerel and the Experiment with the Magnet
Image of Becquerel's photographic plate which has been fogged by exposure to radiation from a uranium salt. The shadow of a metal Maltese Cross placed between the plate and the uranium salt is clearly visible.
References
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903". nobelprize.org. 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.