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In which experiment did Bothe disprove the energy conservation law?

  • Photon box experiment

  • Two black box experiment

  • Quantum entanglement experiment

  • Compton scattering experiment

Answer

The Compton scattering experiment disproved the energy conservation law by showing that the energy of a photon could be changed after it collided with an electron. In the experiment, a beam of photons was scattered off of electrons, and the energy of the scattered photons was measured.
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