• DOI:10.1016/J.SHPSB.2012.04.002
Corpus ID: 119258378

The isotope effect: Prediction, discussion, and discovery

@article{Kragh2011TheIE,
  title={The isotope effect: Prediction, discussion, and discovery},
  author={H. Kragh},
  journal={arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics},
  year={2011}
}

H. Kragh

Published 2011

Physics

arXiv: History and Philosophy of Physics

The precise position of a spectral line emitted by an atomic system depends on the mass of the atomic nucleus and is therefore different for isotopes belonging to the same element. The possible presence of an isotope effect followed from Bohr's atomic theory of 1913, but it took several years before it was confirmed experimentally. Its early history involves the childhood not only of the quantum atom, but also of the concept of isotopy. Bohr's prediction of the isotope effect was apparently at… CONTINUE READING

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