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Background on Radioactivity

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In the fifth century B. C., Empedocles of Acragas proposed that there are four elements in the universe — air, earth, water and fire. This remains valid today if the four elements are interpreted as gases (air), solids (earth), liquids (water) and energy (fire). Around the same time, Democritos of Abdera suggested that all matter consists of eternal moving and indestructible “atoms” (from the Greek word atomos meaning indivisible) differing only in size, shape and mass. In the 17th century, Dalton hypothesised that chemical compounds are simple combinations of these elements.

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Magill, J. (2003). Background on Radioactivity. In: Nuclides.net. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55764-4_3

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