Moseley’s law

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discovery by Moseley

  • In Henry Moseley

    Known as Moseley’s law, this fundamental discovery concerning atomic numbers was a milestone in advancing the knowledge of the atom. In 1914 Moseley published a paper in which he concluded that the atomic number is the number of positive charges in the atomic nucleus. He also stated…

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property of X rays

  • Balmer series of hydrogen
    In spectroscopy: X-ray spectroscopy

    The systematic increase of characteristic X-ray energies with atomic number was shown by the British physicist Henry G.J. Moseley in 1913 to be explainable on the basis of the Bohr theory of atomic structure, but more quantitative agreement between experiment and theory had to await the…

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