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The supply in uranium and thorium leaked slightly, so to speak, and that was all that made them different. THE SUPPLY IN URANIUM AND THORIUM LEAKED SLIGHTLY SO TO SPEAK AND THAT WAS ALL THAT MADE THEM DIFFE
nce? To concentrate energy in this fashion would violate something called “the second law of thermodynamics”. This was first proposed in 1850 by the German physicist Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius (1822-1888) and had proved so useful that physicists did not like to abandon it unless they absolutely had to. Another possibility was that radioactive atoms were creating energy out of nothing. This, of course, violated the law of conservation of energy (also called “the first law of thermodynamics”) and physicists preferred not to do that either. The only thing that seemed to remain was to suppose that somewhere within the atom was a source of energy that had never made itself evident to humanity until the discovery of radioactivity. Becquerel was one of the first to suggest this. It might have seemed at first that only radioactive elements had this supply of energy somewhere within the atom, but in 1903 Rutherford suggested that all atoms had a vast energy supply hidden within themselves. SHION WOULD VIOLATE SOMETHING CALLED THE SECOND LAW OF THERMO DYNAMICS THIS WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY BY THE GERMAN PHYSICIST RUDOLPH JULIUS EMANUEL CLAUSIAS EIGHTEEN TWENTY TWO EIGHTEEN TWENTY EIGHT AND HAD PROVED SO USEFUL THAT PHYSICISTS DID NOT LIKE TO ABANDON IT UNLESS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAD TO ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WAS THAT RADIOACTIVE ATOMS WERE CREATING ENERGY OUT OF NOTHING THIS OF COURSE VIOLATED THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY ALSO CALLED THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODONICS AND PHYSICISTS PREFERRED NOT TO DO THAT EITHER THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMED TO REMAIN WAS TO SUPPOSE THAT SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE ATOM WAS A SOURCE OF ENERGY THAT HAD NEVER MADE ITSELF EVIDENT TO HUMANITY UNTIL THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOA ACTIVITY BECKCAREL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO SUGGEST THIS IT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED AT FIRST THAT ONLY RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS HAD THIS SUPPLY OF ENERGY SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE ATOM BUT IN NINETEEN O THREE RUTHERFORD SUGGESTED THAT ALL ATOMS HAD A VAST ENERGY SUPPLY HIDDEN WITHIN THEMSELVES
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