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- In this way he prepared the way towards the fission of Uranium- 235 and
towards the creation of the atomic bomb
- Chadwick noted that because the neutrons had no charge, they penetrated
much further into a target than protons would.
- Had many papers published on the topics of radioactivity and connected
problems and, with Professor Rutherford and Charles D. Ellis, he is co-
author of the book “Radiations from Radioactive substances” (1930)
May 1932 – he submitted the more definite paper titled “The Existence of
Neutron”.
Neutron- found to have the same mass as protons which accounted for
more of the mass of the atom and allowed the masses (the known mass of an
atom and the known mass of its particles) to match.
SUBMITTED BY:
Justin Victor Haja
Dan Lorenz Olbes
Maxine Garra