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

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: 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.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)