Radio-Activity
CAMBRIDGE PHYSICAL SERIES.
General Editors:—F. H. Neville, M.A., F.R.S.
and W. C. D. Whetham, M.A., F.R.S.
RADIO-ACTIVITY
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ALSO
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Ernest Rutherford
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Radio-Activity
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
ERRATA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART II.
Ionization method.
PART III.
PART IV.
PART V.
PART VI.
Phosphorescent action.
Physical actions.
Chemical actions.
Physiological actions.
Thorium Emanation.
Radium Emanation.
Emanations from Actinium.
Experiments with large amounts of Radium Emanation.
Measurements of Emanating Power.
Source of the Thorium Emanation.
Source of the Radium and Actinium Emanation.
Radiations from the Emanations.
Effect of pressure on the rate of production of the Emanation.
Chemical Nature of the Emanations.
Diffusion of the Emanations.
Diffusion of the Thorium Emanation.
Diffusion of the Emanation into Liquids.
Condensation of the Emanations.
Amount of Emanation from Radium and Thorium.
Summary of Results.
Transformation products of Uranium.
Transformation products of Thorium.
INDEX.
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