Robert Wood's Barium Platinocyanide (late 1800s)
In a sense, barium platinocyanide was the first radiation detector. It was a glowing screen of barium platinocyanide that alerted Wilhelm Rontgen to the fact that some mysterious ray was …
Platinocyanide - Wikipedia
Barium platinocyanide, Ba [Pt (CN) 4] is a phosphor and a scintillator. It fluoresces green in the presence of x-rays and gamma rays. It was important in the discovery of X-rays, and in the …
Wilhelm Röntgen and the Invisible Light
Part Three: Barium Platinocyanide. One of the oddities of fate is that Röntgen had the opportunity to "see" radium well before he ever saw x-rays - his barium platinocyanide screen, the …
The Existential Horror Created by the First X-Ray Images
2017年10月5日 · A screen coated in barium platinocyanide, the fluorescent material that was used on photographic plates, was sitting on a chair near the experiment, and every time …
Discovery of X-Rays - World History Encyclopedia
2024年7月19日 · Röntgen became fascinated with the fluorescence caused by cathode rays hitting certain materials, such as salts like barium platinocyanide, which glow a greenish …
Wilhelm Röntgen - Wikipedia
Röntgen thus saw the first radiographic image: his own flickering ghostly skeleton on the barium platinocyanide screen. About six weeks after his discovery, he took a picture—a radiograph …
November 8, 1895 • LITFL • Eponymictionary
2024年11月8日 · What business did Röntgen have messing around with barium platinocyanide and glass tubes? On the anniversary of this enormous discovery, a summary for the modern …