Question

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Q3. This is the circuit diagram used in a device
named after two scientists. On this day, several
decades ago, they achieved something for the
first time in the world of Physics using this
device, which led to them receiving a very
prestigious award. What was the experiment?​

Answer 1

Answer: Nuclear Disintegration Experiment or Transmutation of Atomic Nuclei by Artificially Accelerated Particles. The experiment was done on a Lithium atom.

Explanation: The name of the device is "Cockcroft Walton Multiplier" which is a voltage multiplier. It can generate high voltage for low input of current.

The two scientists were James Douglas Cockroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton. The experiment was carried out in 1932.

They received the Nobel prize in Physics in the year 1951 for this contribution to the world of physics.

Answer 2

The name of the experiment is Cockroft Walton experiment also called as Nuclear Disintegration experiment

• The English physicist James Douglas Cockroft  And the Irish physicist Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton Conducted an experiment on nuclear disintegration

• This was done by bombarding Lithium Ions With artificially accelerated protons which generates high voltage for less current input

• The following reaction took place while conducting the experiment

              $\frac{7}{3} Li+1H \rightarrow \frac{4}{2} He + \frac{4}{2} He + Energy$

• This was the first experimental proof of Einstein‘s equation E=m ²