In 1906 Barkla and C.A. Sadler used X-ray scattering to determine the
number of electrons in the carbon atom. At about the same time Barkla
was able to polarize X rays (select X-ray waves that vibrate in the
same plane), thus demonstrating that X rays are transverse waves and
hence like other electromagnetic radiations, such as light.
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