Invited Presentation
"Teaching Physics with
Mossbauer Spectroscopy:
A Universal Interactive Tool"
Jon
J. Spijkerman
Ranger Scientific, Inc., Burleson, Texas
| Recoil free Gamma Ray
resonance, discovered in 1957 by Rudolf Mossbauer, demonstrates the most
fundamental aspects of physics. The experiments show a nuclear decay
scheme, the detection of radiation, at first sight a violation of the
laws of conservation of energy and momentum, and the confirmation of
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
The interaction of the nucleus with the surrounding electron cloud through electric and magnetic forces results in the understanding of chemical bonding, valence states, and the properties of magnetic materials. This extends the applications of Mossbauer Spectroscopy to chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, and molecular biology. |