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Distinguished uranium-radiation components by absorption and penetrating behavior while studying ionization.
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The record is Rutherford's sole-author 1899 paper and its experimental distinctions. It does not retroactively assign every modern particle identity, absorb Becquerel's discovery or cover the later theory of radioactive decay.
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- Ernest Rutherford · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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