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What are ‘Becquerel rays’?
Solution
Becquerel rays are ‘radioactive radiations’, emitted from radioactive substances like uranium, thorium etc. Since these radiations were discovered by Henry Becquerel, so they are named as ‘Becquerel rays’.
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