What did Mark Oliphant discover when he used a particle accelerator?
Helium-3 and Tritium nuclei
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
Answer
In 1934, Mark Oliphant discovered Helium-3 and Tritium nuclei when he used a particle accelerator. He did this by using a Cockcroft-Walton generator to accelerate protons into a lithium target, which caused the lithium nuclei to split into two helium nuclei.
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