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The same was true of thorium (atomic number 90), which began a series that also ended with lead. THE SAME WAS TRUE OF THORIUM ATOMIC NUMBER NINETY WHICH BEGAN A SERIES THAT ALSO ENDED WITH LEAD
weight. The first inkling and the first proof that this might not be so came through the study of radioactivity. [Illustration: showing Helium atom, Hydrogen atom; Nucleus, Proton, Neutron, Electron labelled] Isotopes In 1902 Rutherford and his co-worker Frederick Soddy (1877-1956) showed that when uranium atoms gave off alpha particles, a new kind of atom was formed that was not uranium at all. It was this new atom that was eventually found to give off a beta particle, and then another atom of still another element was formed. This work of Rutherford and Soddy began a line of investigation that by 1907 had shown that there was a whole radioactive chain of elements, each one breaking down to the next in line by giving off either an alpha particle or a beta particle, until finally a lead atom was formed that was not radioactive. [Illustration: _Frederick Soddy_] There was, in short, a “radioactive series” beginning with uranium (atomic number 92) and ending with lead (atomic number 82).  WEIGHT AND THAT ATOMS OF TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WERE ALWAYS OF DIFFERENT ATOMIC WEIGHT THE FIRST INKLING AND THE FIRST PROOF THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE SO CAME THROUGH THE STUDY OF RADIOACTIVITY ISOTOPES IN NINETEEN O TWO RUTHERFORD AND HIS CO WORKER FREDERIC SODDY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN NINETEEN FIFTY SIX SHOWED THAT WHEN URANIUM ADAMS GAVE OFF ALPHA PARTICLES A NEW KIND OF ATOM WAS FORMED THAT WAS NOT URANIUM AT ALL IT WAS THIS NEW ATOM THAT WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND TO GIVE OFF A BATTER PARTICLE AND THEN ANOTHER ATOM OF STILL ANOTHER ELEMENT WAS FORMED THIS WORK OF RUTHORD AND SODDY BEGAN A LINE OF INVESTIGATION THAT BY NINETEEN O SEVEN HAD SHOWN THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE RADIOACTIVE CHAIN OF ELEMENTS EACH ONE BREAKING DOWN TO THE NEXT IN LINE BY GIVING OFF EITHER AN ALPHI PARTICLE OR A BEETA PARTICLE UNTIL FINALLY A LEAD ATOM WAS FORMED THAT WAS NOT RADIOACTIVE THERE WAS IN SHORT A RADIOACTIVE SERIES BEGINNING WITH URANIUM ATOMIC NUMBER NINETY TWO AND ENDING WITH LEAD ATOMIC NUMBER EIGHTY TWO
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