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ELLIS and Wooster (Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 117, p. 109) have shown recently that in the disintegration of radium E the single β-particle emitted has an initial energy which may vary from 40,000 to 1,050,000 volts. This means that the result of disintegration is in some way indeterminate, a conclusion difficult to reconcile with the usual ideas of radio-activity.
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THOMSON, G. The Disintegration of Radium E from the Point of View of Wave Mechanics. Nature 121, 615–616 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121615b0
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