Ernest Rutherford Accomplishments
What traits might you find in an individual who qualifies to accept the Nobel Prize? I think of someone who is intelligent, dedicated to his or her work, and someone who has made a breakthrough that has changed the world. Out of all of the six scientist that have been nominated, I believe Ernest Rutherford deserves this award.
According to “Chemheritage,” “Rutherford studied at Canterbury College, and the University of New Zealand before moving to England in 1895 for postgraduate study at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.” (Chem Heritage). Here he was taught by another famous scientist, J. J. Thompson, and was the first graduate from the University of Cambridge. Because, Rutherford has studied and learned from one of the …show more content…
This brilliant experiment is another reason why Rutherford qualifies for this award. Because, from his experiment, he discovered Alpha and Beta rays. “Chem Teacher” states that, “Rutherford devised a way to record the location of the alpha particles by surrounding the bombarded object with a sheet coated in ZnS, which would emit of flash of light when hit with an alpha particle. Through previous experiments of shooting alpha particles, Rutherford knew they had considerable mass and speed. He then hypothesized that these particles would penetrate a thin metal foil, although they may scatter slightly because of the charge in the metal atom's subatomic particles. After shooting alpha particles through the thin sheet of gold, Geiger, Marsden and Rutherford discovered that a small proportion of the molecules were scattered at larger than 90° angles. This caused them to conclude that there was a small fraction of the total volume of the atom that held most of the mass of the atom” (Chem Teacher). His nuclear model then replaced the Plum Pudding model.
Even though all of Rutherford's discoveries are exceedingly important, I believe that the most important one is, his discovery of the an atom's nuclear structure The atom now consist of a positive nucleus with negative electrons in circular orbits around it. In addition to this, he discovered that atoms have a dense core (nucleus) where protons and neutrons are located. Along
According to “Chemheritage,” “Rutherford studied at Canterbury College, and the University of New Zealand before moving to England in 1895 for postgraduate study at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.” (Chem Heritage). Here he was taught by another famous scientist, J. J. Thompson, and was the first graduate from the University of Cambridge. Because, Rutherford has studied and learned from one of the …show more content…
This brilliant experiment is another reason why Rutherford qualifies for this award. Because, from his experiment, he discovered Alpha and Beta rays. “Chem Teacher” states that, “Rutherford devised a way to record the location of the alpha particles by surrounding the bombarded object with a sheet coated in ZnS, which would emit of flash of light when hit with an alpha particle. Through previous experiments of shooting alpha particles, Rutherford knew they had considerable mass and speed. He then hypothesized that these particles would penetrate a thin metal foil, although they may scatter slightly because of the charge in the metal atom's subatomic particles. After shooting alpha particles through the thin sheet of gold, Geiger, Marsden and Rutherford discovered that a small proportion of the molecules were scattered at larger than 90° angles. This caused them to conclude that there was a small fraction of the total volume of the atom that held most of the mass of the atom” (Chem Teacher). His nuclear model then replaced the Plum Pudding model.
Even though all of Rutherford's discoveries are exceedingly important, I believe that the most important one is, his discovery of the an atom's nuclear structure The atom now consist of a positive nucleus with negative electrons in circular orbits around it. In addition to this, he discovered that atoms have a dense core (nucleus) where protons and neutrons are located. Along