Article ID: CBB001422205

The Franck-Hertz Experiments, 1911--1914 Experimentalists in Search of a Theory (2014)

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In 1911, James Franck and Gustav Hertz began a collaboration to investigate the nature of collisions of slow electrons with gas molecules that led to a series of carefully planned and executed experiments, culminating in their discovery of inelastic collisions of electrons with mercury vapor atoms in 1914. This paper tells the story of their collaboration and the eventual reinterpretation of their results as a confirmation of Niels Bohr's new atomic theory, largely as a result of experiments done in North America during the Great War.

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Authors & Contributors
Navarro, Jaume
Hon, Giora
Subrata Dasgupta
Dee Ann Castel
Fontes, Christopher J.
Bostock, Christopher J.
Concepts
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Experiments and experimentation
Gases
Physics
Chemistry
Electrons
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Japan
Germany
Finland
India
Great Britain
Institutions
Cavendish Laboratory
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