The Noble Prize in Physics in 1917

2. Name : Nirnay Mukharjee
ID : 143-15-4421
Section : D
Department of CSE
Faculty of FSIT

3. 1. What is Nobel Prize?
2. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917.
3. Biography of “Charles Glover Barkla”.
4. Charles Glover Barkla’s contribution to
Physics.
5. Charles Glover Barkla’s invention which is
used in our daily lives.

4. The Nobel Prize is a set of
annual international awards
bestowed in a number of
categories by Swedish and
Norwegian committees in
recognition of academic,
cultural and/or scientific
advances.

5. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 was awarded to
Charles Glover Barkla "for his discovery of the
characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements".
Charles Glover Barkla received his Nobel Prize
one year later, in 1918. During the selection
process in 1917, the Nobel Committee for
Physics decided that none of the year's
nominations met the criteria as outlined in the
will of Alfred Nobel. According to the Nobel
Foundation's statutes, the Committee did not
give the prize in 1917. Charles Glover Barkla
received his Nobel Prize for 1917 one year later,
in 1918.

7. Name :Charles Glover Barkla
Born :7 June 1877
Widnes, Lancashire,England
Died :23 October 1944 (aged 67) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality :United Kingdom
Fields :Physics
Institutions :University of Cambridge
University of Liverpool
King's College London
University of Edinburgh
Alma Mater :University College Liverpool
Cambridge University
Academic Advisors :J. J. Thomson
Oliver Lodge
Known for :X-ray scattering
X-ray spectroscopy
Notable Awards :Nobel Prize in Physics (1917)
Hughes Medal of the Royal Society

8. Charles Glover Barkla (1877-1944) was one
of the early pioneers in x-ray research. He
explained the latter in terms of the
Rutherford-Bohr atom. Barkla made
significant progress in developing and
refining the laws of X-ray scattering, X-ray
spectroscopy, the principles governing the
transmission of X-rays through matter, and
especially the principles of the excitation of
secondary X-rays. Though a great deal of
work was done on this, he was not really able
to substantiate its existence.

9. 1.Medical Uses : There are many uses of radiation in
medicine. The most well known is using X-Rays to
see whether bones are broken. The broad area of X-
Ray use is called radiology.
2.Security Devices: There are a few common devices
used for security that involve x rays and are generally
regulated by federal or state agencies.
3.Food Irradiation: Food irradiation is used to destroy
food-borne bacteria and parasites and extend the
shelf life of some foods. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention reports.
4.Industrial Uses: There are many uses of radiation in
industry. The most common use is measurement.

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Glover_
Barkla
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/phy
sics/laureates/1917/barkla-docu.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/phy
sics/laureates/1917/barkla-bio.html

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