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Electromagnetic Waves

Question
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Who discovered X-rays?

  • Roentgen

  • Madam Curie

  • Rutherford

  •  All of these

Solution

A.

Roentgen

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. Wilhelm Roentgen, a German professor of physics was the first person to discover electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range commonly known as X-rays today. Although, many people had observed the effects of X-ray beams before, but Roentgen was the first one to study them systematically.