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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...way?of electrons. On the number of electrons depends the properties of each element. In other words, all the elements are a sort of series, growing more complicated as the number of electrons, and hence the complexity of the atom, increases. Remove one electron at a time?if you could???and you would successively change an elementary substance from one element to another. In the case of the more complex elements?of the radium type, for example?there is a natural tendency to break down into simpler elements, which is accompanied by an efflux of energy and is, in general...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eightieth Electron | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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