Question

What is the best description of what Becquerel observed in his experiment?

Answer 1

@sweetburger

Answer 2

@Woodward

Answer 3

@niels5x9

Answer 4

Any ideas?

Answer 5

stable nuclei absorbing high-energy particles as they formed less stable compositions
stable nuclei emitting high-energy particles as they formed less stable compositions
unstable nuclei absorbing high-energy particles as they formed more stable compositions
unstable nuclei emitting high-energy particles as they formed more stable compositions

Answer 6

@Woodward

Answer 7

What was his experiment?

Answer 8

Becquerel created the image on photographic film when it was placed in a drawer with uranium salt crystals?

Answer 9

Ahhh so are you saying the crystal emitted particles and the photographic film absorbed it or did the crystal absorb particles that the photographic film emitted?

Answer 10

The crystals of Uranuim salt emitted particles and the photographic film absorbed, so it should be D. unstable nuclei emitting high-energy particles as they formed more stable compositions