When two hydrogen atoms get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the proton in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The electrons end up ...

They stuck with the age-old belief that the atom is indivisible and unchangeable ... Rutherford received the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He was slightly put out, since he was a physicist ...

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have synthesized a Bi5⁻ ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, ...

However, this too is a little more complicated, as the uranium atom was first split in 1938 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in December 1938, in Germany. It seems that some New ...

His work not only earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 but also led to ... about US greatness claiming today Americans split the atom when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE chemistry students studying atom economy, percentage yield and choosing reaction pathways. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've got you!

"so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom first accurate". Widely regarded as the "father of nuclear physics", Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for ...