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IN the course of work previously carried out elsewhere, the production of a solid amorphous deposit in soda-glass vessels containing solutions of radium, salts was observed; visible quantities were produced, for example, in six months by a solution containing 3 mgm. of radium (as chloride) in 25 ml. of solution. Recently, further investigations have been undertaken on this effect, which is attributed to the physico-chemical breakdown of the surface of the glass following α-particle bombardment.
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TUCK, D. Bombardment of Glass by Alpha-particles. Nature 177, 434–435 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177434b0
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