Umlando We-Radioactivity: Igolide Elivela Kumthofu?

Umlando We-Radioactivity: Igolide Elivela Kumthofu?
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Umuntu angabonga u-Henri Becquerel nge-radioactivity. Kodwa akazange azisungule. Lowo kwakunguNkulunkulu. U-Henri Becquerel wathola uMklomelo KaNobel ku-Physics ngo-1903 kuphela ngenxa “yokutholwa” kwabo. Kodwa-ke, umuntu akufanele amnikeze isikweletu esikhulu kakhulu ngalokho. Ukutholakala kwayo bekungahlosiwe futhi ngengozi. Ubehlola amaX-ray ngesikhathi ezithela. Wayengakaze ezwe nge-radioactivity. Kodwa ukuhlola kwakhe ngosawoti we-uranium nezingcwecwe zezithombe kwanikeza ubufakazi obubonakalayo bohlobo lwamandla olwalungaziwa kuze kube manje.

U-Henri Becquerel kwadingeka abelane ngomklomelo wakhe weNobel nomfundi wakhe uMarie Curie. Igama elithi "radioactive" lasungulwa nguMarie nomyeni wakhe uPierre. Ekugcineni uMarie waze wadlula udumo lomeluleki wakhe lapho ethola uMklomelo KaNobel wesibili ngo-1911.

I-radioactivity yenzeka lapho i-athomu engazinzile inikela ngengxenye encane yamandla ayo ukuze ifinyelele esimweni esizinzile. Lokhu kuguqulwa kusuka esimweni esingazinzile kuya esimweni esizinzile kungaholela ku-athomu ehluke ngokuphelele. Ngokwesibonelo, i-athomu ye-potassium ingaphenduka i-athomu ye-calcium lapho ikhipha leli bhawodi lamandla.

Eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, ososayensi nabantu abavamile abashisekayo baveza umbono wokuthi ukuguqulwa kwama-athomu nge-radioactivity kungase futhi kwenze ukuguqulwa komthofu ube yigolide. NgoJanuwari 1922, kwavela i-athikili ku-Oakland Tribune enesihloko esithi "The Gold Revival - Will Man-Made Mineral Make Do Mining Obsolete?"

Kuvele ukuthi inqubo yokuguqula umthofu ube yigolide ingenzeka, kodwa idinga amandla amaningi kangangokuthi izindleko zidlula inani legolide elitholiwe.

Umgomo oyisisekelo we-radioactivity uyangithakazelisa: inqubo idinga ukukhululwa kwamandla. Lokhu kukhululwa kwamandla kukhiqize isithombe sezithombe elabhorethri kaHenri Becquerel. Kukhona inani lapho i-athomu ishintsha isuka kwesinye isimo iye kwesinye. I-athomu ilahlekelwa okuthile ukuze ibe enye into.

Iningi lethu lifana nama-athomu angazinzile. Ukuphila kuleli zwe elinesono kusenza singakwazi ukulinganisela futhi kusikhubazeke. Iningi lethu liyizisulu noma abenzi bobubi - noma ngandlela thize kokubili. Sonke singaphansi kwalokho uMdali wethu ayehlose ukuba sibe yikho. Kodwa uguquko lungenzeka. Ukuholela egolideni ngomqondo ongokomoya. Lowo owaqala inqubo ye-radioactivity angaqala uguquko kithi oluqhutshwa uMoya oNgcwele. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini okufanele siyilahle kule nqubo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi intengo, umphumela wokugcina ufanelekile.

of www.lltproductions.org (Lux Lucet eTenebris), Newsletter March 2022

 

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