Modern Chemistry, Lesson 149: Radioactivity and Radiochem1stry, Part I

Reviews some of Becquerel's work and that of the Curies and Rutherford. Demonstrates a gas discharge tube and a radioautograph made from a luminous clock dial. Two experiments involving radioactive "tracers" are begun. A precipitate of lead iodide, Pbl2, is formed which will be studied in the next lesson.

Sources

  1. Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education) — title, creator, length, description