Becquerel observed accidentally that uranium emit radiations that strongly impress a photographic plate.
Antoine Henri Becquerel contributed to the discovery of radioactivity. He was a physicist, working with Marie and Pierre Curie when they discovered uranium.
He found that uranium is radioactive. Uranium is in the f block. Atomic number of it is 92.
Henri Becquerel discovered in 1896 the natural radioactivity of uranium.
Becquerel discovered that uranium emits radiation without an external energy source, a phenomenon called radioactivity. This discovery laid the foundation for the field of nuclear physics and led to further research on the properties and uses of radioactive materials.
Wilhelm Röntgen working in Germany discovered X-rays in 1895.Henri Becquerel working in France discovered spontaneous radioactivity in samples of Uranium salts in 1896.
Becquerel in 1896 discovered that uranium emit radiations.
Henri Becquerel was the first to discover that a penetrating radiation came from uranium, even if the uranium had not been exposed to sunlight. He thus showed that radioactivity was a fundamental property of uranium. Prior to his discovery, it was thought that any such radiation coming from uranium was the result of its interaction with sunlight.
Uranium's radioactive properties were discovered in 1896 by Antoine Becquerel.
Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium salts emit a form of radiation that can penetrate opaque objects and fog photographic film. This phenomenon led to the discovery of radioactivity.
Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by Henri Becquerel, a French scientist, while testing phosphorescent materials with photographic plates. He discovered that, when the plates were covered with black paper, that phosphorescent materials did not affect the plates until he used uranium salts.
Becquerel was shocked because the photographic plate had fogged up even though it was stored in a dark drawer, leading him to realize that the uranium on the plate was emitting radiation that was able to penetrate the drawer and affect the plate. This discovery led to the development of the field of nuclear physics.
Henri Becquerel observed that uranium salts emitted radiation that could pass through opaque materials. This led him to question what process was causing this radiation to be emitted from the uranium salts.