Parafin Wax Experiment

Parafin Wax Experiment

Emma, Rachel, Catherine, Mabel POINTS

By bombarding Beryllium with alpha particles, a high energy beam was emitted that hit a block of paraffin wax and caused it to emit protons. They believed the beam was gamma rays, but Chadwick later proved this beam to be neutrons.


Graphic by Eric Hamber Secondary