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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Question 414: At Ur Beck and Call

Yes, this post is most unlike me.
Science!
We've had enough of this in school, yeah?
Anyway,

What is this?
The title should give you a clue.

10 comments:

  1. the photographic plate Becquerel used to determine radioactivity..He exposed uranium to the plate and found it was fogged as we see here..

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  2. BTW..If you add from question 390..i should have more than 20 points guys..

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  3. pattern formed on the sheet with which Henry Bequerel covered the uranium salt,later discovered radioactivty.

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  4. The photographic plate that Henry Becquerel wrapped around the Uranium salt sample.

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  5. Becquerel plate.
    Used by Henri Becqerel when he performed experiments which led to the accidental discovery of radioactivity.
    Courtesy wiki :P

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  6. Uranium discovery. I think the title refers to Becquerel

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  7. bequerel plate

    where he kept his radioactive element(uranium)

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  8. That's rather easy. The xerographic image of a Maltese Cross which inspired Becquerel with his theory of radioactivity.

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  9. Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity by exposing a photographic plate to uranium (1896).

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