History of the Discovery of Radioactivity (4)

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The events which Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics

Occur in 1901

The first person to discover gamma rays emitted by radium

Marie Curie

Cause of death of Marie Curie

Due to disease caused by prolonged exposure to gamma rays

The first physicist to discover radioactivity

Antoine Henri Becquerel

The event of Antoine Henri Becquerel discovering a radioactive compound

In 1896

Radioactive compounds discovered by Antoine Henri Becquerel

Uranium

Person who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903

Antoine Henri Becquerel

A married couple from Poland, successfully detected radioactive radiation through its ionising power and not through the photographic effect

Marie and Pierre Curie

Radioactive elements which was successfully extracted by Marie and Pierre Curie

Polonium and radium

Definition of radioactivity

Is a random and spontaneous decay process of an unstable nucleus by emitting radioactive radiation

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