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Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity when he was studying

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Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity when he was studying

X- rays.

He had been studying phosphorescent uranium ores and hypothesized that they might absorb sunlight and reemit it as X-rays.

His hypothesis was wrong, but his experiments led to the discovery of natural radioactivity.

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