International Board on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect
April Historical Event in Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Leopold May
April 30, 1900 A paper prepared by Paul Villard entitled “Sur le rayonnement
du radium” was presented by Jules Volle at the Monday meeting of the Acad?mie
de Sciences on this date describing the properties of gamma rays.
Other events may be found at The Mössbauer History Timeline at
http://www.mossbauer.org/history.html, and
http://faculty.cua.edu/may/MossHist.htm.
Dr. Leopold May
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
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*E-mail:
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