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What did Roentgen use to detect the X-rays?
Fluorescent screens
What did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1895?
X-rays
What did Roentgen conclude about the nature of X-rays?
They were not charged particles
What did Roentgen receive the first Nobel Prize in physics for?
Discovery of X-rays
What is a property of X-rays according to the text?
They are electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength
Test your knowledge of the discovery of X-rays with this quiz. Learn about Wilhelm Roentgen, the German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895 and the experiments that led to this groundbreaking discovery.
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