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Which scientists discovered the empirical relationship in 1911 between the half-life of alpha decay and the energy of emitted alpha particles?

  1. AFermi and Meitner
  2. BGeiger and NuttallCorrect answer
  3. CChadwick and Lawrence
  4. DSoddy and Aston
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B. Geiger and Nuttall

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Hans Geiger and John Mitchell Nuttall reported their empirical relation in 1911. In its usual modern form, it relates alpha-decay half-life to alpha-particle energy for related nuclei: higher alpha energies generally correspond to shorter half-lives within a decay series.

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