A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay...
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In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron)...
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Neutrino (redirect from Ν particle)
considered that the new particle was emitted from the nucleus together with the electron or beta particle in the process of beta decay and had a mass similar...
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{\displaystyle \beta } radiation". After five years of additional experimental work, Rutherford and Hans Geiger determined that "the alpha particle, after it...
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the time. Thomson studied beta particle scattering which showed small angle deflections modelled as interactions of the particle with many atoms in succession...
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Betavoltaic device (redirect from Beta-voltaic cell)
battery) is a type of nuclear battery that generates electric current from beta particles (electrons) emitted from a radioactive source, using semiconductor junctions...
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detectable beta particles, which are electrons or positrons. The literature distinguishes between two types of double beta decay: ordinary double beta decay...
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radiation from uranium, now called beta particles, had the same charge/mass ratio as cathode rays.: II:3 These beta particles were believed to be electrons...
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Positron emission (redirect from Beta plus decay)
mediated by the weak force. The positron is a type of beta particle (β+), the other beta particle being the electron (β−) emitted from the β− decay of...
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beta decay transition is the change in state of an atomic nucleus undergoing beta decay. When undergoing beta decay, a nucleus emits a beta particle and...
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Ionizing radiation (section Beta particles)
[citation needed] Ionizing subatomic particles include alpha particles, beta particles, and neutrons. These particles are created by radioactive decay, and...
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Radiation (section Beta radiation)
and gamma radiation (γ) particle radiation consisting of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation...
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Neutron (redirect from N particle)
The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0 , that has no electric charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. The neutron was discovered...
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Beta (UK: /ˈbiːtə/, US: /ˈbeɪtə/ ; uppercase Β, lowercase β, or cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the...
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Atom (section Subatomic particles)
occurs following the emission of an alpha or a beta particle. Thus, gamma decay usually follows alpha or beta decay. Other more rare types of radioactive...
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W and Z bosons (redirect from W particle)
(often called a beta particle in this context) and an electron antineutrino: n0 → p+ + e− + ν e Again, the neutron is not an elementary particle but a composite...
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Tritium (redirect from Triton (particle))
compared to other beta particles, the amount of bremsstrahlung generated is also lower. The unusually low energy released in the tritium beta decay makes the...
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Radioactive decay (section Alpha, beta and gamma decay)
deflection, it was clear that alpha particles were much more massive than beta particles. Passing alpha particles through a very thin glass window and...
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force acting on charged particles, typically alpha and beta particles, due to interaction with matter, resulting in loss of particle kinetic energy. Stopping...
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Radiation burn (redirect from Beta burn)
Beta burns tend to be shallow as beta particles are not able to penetrate deeply into a body; these burns can be similar to sunburn. Alpha particles can...
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Accutech Research and Development. Accutech was trying to develop a beta particle generator and when they refused to sell it to Roxxon, the Ghost was...
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Linear energy transfer (section Beta particles)
(Coulomb or Rutherford scattering), much more so than heavier particles. Beta particle tracks are therefore crooked. In addition to producing secondary...
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charged beta particles (high-energy positrons β+ or electrons β−; the latter being more common) high-speed electrons that are not from the beta decay process...
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Gamma ray (redirect from Gamma particle)
property making them unlike alpha and beta rays. Gamma rays were first thought to be particles with mass, like alpha and beta rays. Rutherford initially believed...
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Radionuclide (section Beta emission only)
conversion electron; or used to create and emit a new particle (alpha particle or beta particle) from the nucleus. During those processes, the radionuclide...
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Cloud chamber (category Particle detectors)
supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol. An energetic charged particle (for example, an alpha or beta particle) interacts with the gaseous mixture by knocking electrons...
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Beta attenuation monitoring (BAM) is an air monitoring technique employing the absorption of beta radiation by solid particles extracted from air flow...
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tumor cells are destroyed by 177Lu through the specific delivery of beta particle radiation. PSMA, a tumor-associated antigen and type II transmembrane...
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ejection of an electron from the surface of matter, or, in beta decay (β− decay), where a beta particle (a fast energetic electron or positron) is emitted from...
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high-energy beta particles, and astatine does not. Beta particles have much greater penetrating power through tissues than do the much heavier alpha particles. An...
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