Rutherford's 1919 work with fast alpha particles transmuted nitrogen into oxygen and released which species?
AHelium nucleus
BBeta electron
CGamma photon
DHydrogen nucleus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Hydrogen nucleus
The nitrogen-alpha reaction gave oxygen-17 plus a hydrogen nucleus, later named the proton.
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