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Liquid Drop Nuclear Model

Denmark · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1937

Niels Henrik David Bohr1937

Copenhagen · Science / Physics

Formulates a liquid-drop picture of the atomic nucleus that complements his reaction theory and later helps explain the collective behaviour involved in nuclear fission.

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Niels Henrik David Bohr

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