Model of Chadwick's apparatus used to discover the neutron

Made:: 1960-1970 in United Kingdom

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Model of Chadwick's apparatus used to discover the neutron
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Model of Chadwick's apparatus used to discover the neutron, in perspex case, unsigned, British, 1960-1970

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Category:: Nuclear Physics

Object Number:: 1995-784

Materials:: acrylic, vellum, paint, metal (unknown), brass (copper, zinc alloy), birch plywood, pine (wood) and wax

Measurements:: overall: 185 mm x 342 mm x 90 mm, 2.22kg

type:: model - representation

credit:: Science Museum (Circulation Department)

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Model of Chadwick's apparatus used to discover the neutron

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