• lists some common beta-emitting radionuclides of technological importance, and their properties. Strontium-90 is a commonly used beta emitter used in industrial...
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    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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    neutrinoless double beta decay will occur. Most neutrino physicists believe that neutrinoless 2β has never been observed. Common beta emitters Neutrino Betavoltaics...
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    normally limit the frequency response. Common emitters are also commonly used as low-noise amplifiers. Common-emitter amplifiers are also used for audio amplifiers...
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  • of caesium Common beta emitters List of alpha-emitting nuclides http://www.iem-inc.com/information/tools/radiation-energies/gamma-emitters useful radioisotope...
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  • 238 U 237 Np 238 Pu, 239 Pu, 240 Pu, 244 Pu 241 Am 244 Cm, 245 Cm, 248 Cm 249 Cf, 252 Cf Common beta emitters Commonly used gamma-emitting isotopes...
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    In electronics, a common collector amplifier (also known as an emitter follower) is one of three basic single-stage bipolar junction transistor (BJT) amplifier...
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    radioactive elements in Radionuclide, Nuclear medicine, Common beta emitters, Commonly used gamma-emitting isotopes, Fluorine-18, Cobalt-60, Strontium-90, Technetium-99m...
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    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 a nucleus. An example...
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    is the emitter current β F {\displaystyle \beta _{\text{F}}} is the forward common emitter current gain (20 to 500) β R {\displaystyle \beta _{\text{R}}}...
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    caesium-137 material in Tammiku, Estonia, in 1994. Common beta emitters Commonly used gamma-emitting isotopes Geiger counter Ionizing radiation Neutron...
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    alpha-emitters are all isotopes of radium, radon, and polonium, due to the amount of decay that occur in these short half-life materials. Beta-minus (β−)...
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  • electric current from beta particles (electrons or positrons) emitted from a radioactive source, using semiconductor junctions. A common source used is the...
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  • as beta decay in some cases, or internal conversion where beta decay is not favored. Beta decay is classified according to the L-value of the emitted radiation...
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    qualitatively directly from the Gummel plot: The common-emitter current gain, β {\displaystyle \beta } , and the common-base current gain, α {\displaystyle \alpha...
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  • Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries...
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    radiotherapy in oncology. Radioisotopes such as the positron emitters 18F and 13N or beta emitters 32P or 90Y have measurable Cherenkov emission and isotopes...
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  • Copper-64 (category Positron emitters)
    Copper-64 (64Cu) is a positron and beta emitting isotope of copper, with applications for molecular radiotherapy and positron emission tomography. Its...
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    "gamma rays" by analogy with the beta and alpha rays that Rutherford had differentiated in 1899. The "rays" emitted by radioactive elements were named...
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    is a beta and gamma emitter. 81Krm is a gamma emitter. 177Lu is a beta emitter. 13N is a positron emitter. 15O is a positron emitter. 32P is a beta emitter...
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    ionization effect. Bremsstrahlung is of concern when shielding beta emitters, as the interaction of beta particles with some shielding materials produces bremsstrahlung...
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    beta ray (fast energetic electron or positron) and a neutrino are emitted from an atomic nucleus. Electron capture is sometimes called inverse beta decay...
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    radioactive, its decay products, thorium-234 and protactinium-234, are beta particle emitters with half-lives of about 20 days and one minute respectively. Protactinium-234...
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    which decays into radon, along with other radioactive materials that emit beta and gamma rays. However, Curie also worked with unshielded X-ray tubes...
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    {\displaystyle \beta } ). Varies with temperature and between different batches of the same part. Also depends on the collector-emitter voltage due to...
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  • conversion electron; or used to create and emit a new particle (alpha particle or beta particle) from the nucleus. During those processes, the radionuclide is said...
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    Three of the most common types of decay are alpha, beta, and gamma decay. The weak force is the mechanism that is responsible for beta decay, while the...
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  • treatments using alpha emitters exist which consist of alpha emitters attached to carrier molecules. Some examples of alpha-emitting radioligands include...
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  • β 1 ⋅ β 2 + β 1 + β 2 {\displaystyle \beta _{\mathrm {Darlington} }=\beta _{1}\cdot \beta _{2}+\beta _{1}+\beta _{2}} If β1 and β2 are high enough (hundreds)...
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  • dose equivalent Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Common beta emitters Communicating vessels Communication physics Communications in Mathematical...
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