The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
The Path to Nuclear Fission The Story of Lise Meitner and Otto ... - VEA
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Path</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Fission</strong> – <strong>The</strong> S<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lise</strong> <strong>Meitner</strong> <strong>and</strong> Ot<strong>to</strong> Hahn<br />
9. What research are Hahn <strong>and</strong> <strong>Meitner</strong> doing at the time <strong>of</strong> Hitler’s rise in popularity?<br />
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10. What was James Chadwick’s discovery?<br />
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11. What did Fermi do in Rome? What was created by this reaction? What was his first hypothesis <strong>to</strong><br />
explain these new substances?<br />
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12. What do the scientists in Berlin think happens when the Uranium nucleus is bombarded with a<br />
neutron? What 2 wrong assumptions is this hypothesis based on?<br />
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13. Irene Curie discovers a new substance. How does she do this? How does she detect the substance?<br />
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