"Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) was a French scientist renowned for his work and subsequent discovery of radioactivity for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903."
"the SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel, was named in his honour."
"the SI unit for radioactivity, the becquerel, was named in his honour."
Expected headings
"Research into phosphorescence"
"Awards"
"Becquerel's initial research explored natural phosphorescence of materials exposed to visible light. He would wrap a photodetector in black paper and phosphorescent materials in an attempt to create a pattern (figure 2), proposing that these materials would emit x-ray-like radiation when they are exposed to sunlight. Becquerel conducted these experiments in both full sun days and cloudy days, expecting a difference in pattern; however, he found the patterns on the photodetector to be similar."