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An attempt to produce artificial radioactivity by an electron beam, with some notes on the behaviour of newly made Geiger-Muller counters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

W. B. Lewis  and
W. E. Burcham
W. B. Lewis
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College
W. E. Burcham
Affiliation:
Trinity Hall
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Extract

An unsuccessful attempt has been made to detect artificial radioactivity in aluminium after bombardment with electrons at 300 kV. During these experiments a transitory activity produced by cleaning the walls was observed in a Geiger counter. It is suggested that this might be due directly or indirectly to a progressive oxidation of the inner surface of the walls.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , October 1936 , pp. 503 - 505
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1936

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