Discovered natural spontaneous radioactivity in uranium salts using photographic plates.
Tagged: #1800s Milestones
#1800s Milestones
150 articlesDiscovered magnetic splitting of spectral lines into triplets in strong magnetic fields.
Calculated e/m ratio of bound electrons from Zeeman splitting, confirming electron theory.
Published Wien's spectral energy distribution equation for blackbody cavity radiation.
Published first quantitative climate model calculating global warming from CO2 absorption.
Published the complete electromagnetic force equation F = q(E + v x B).
Formulated Curie's Law (chi = C/T) and discovered the critical Curie Temperature (T_C).
Isolated terrestrial Helium gas (He) from cleveite ore, confirming D3 solar spectral line.
Formulated Wien's exponential radiation law u(nu, T) = A nu^3 exp(-B nu / T).
Discovered penetrating X-Radiation (X-Strahlen).
Collected cathode rays in Faraday cup electrometer, proving negative charge.
Isolated inert gas Argon (Ar, Z=18) from atmospheric nitrogen density discrepancy.