Search results for "Beta emission" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Electron capture (sometimes called Inverse Beta Decay) is a decay ... capture and the heavier ones decay by negative beta emission. ...5 KB (705 words) - 13:42, 29 December 2021
- Actinium (chemical symbol Ac, atomic number 89) is a silvery, radioactive, metallic element. Due to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- (beta) 13.25 k=(beta) 1259 | c=986 | f=1807 color1=#ff99cc | color2=black ...7 KB (911 words) - 11:01, 28 September 2023
- Ytterbium has three allotropes, called alpha, beta, and gamma. Their ... capture, and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- and pressure of the explosion (eight beta decays also occurred to create ... successive neutron captures mixed with beta decays build the fermium isotope ...7 KB (998 words) - 00:51, 21 July 2022
- , and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products ... compound for detectors in positron emission tomography (PET.) ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- polonium atoms may be ejected during the emission of alpha particles. ... Solid polonium can exist in two forms: alpha and beta. In the alpha ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- neutrons with 238U (which then went through seven beta decays). These findings were kept secret until 1955 due to Cold War tensions, however. ...7 KB (940 words) - 12:41, 24 December 2021
- electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before Er-166 are element 67 (holmium) isotopes, and the primary ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 22:20, 18 February 2022
- a new, lower energy gamma photon with an emission direction different from ... comprising 2 protons and 2 neutrons) or beta particles (electrons). When ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 07:44, 23 January 2023
- isotopes are radioactive. As a source of beta radiation, it is used in thickness ... into 147Nd which decays into 147Pm through beta decay with a half-life of 11 days. ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products before Tm-169 are element 68 (erbium) isotopes, and the primary ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- Francium (chemical symbol Fr, atomic number 87) is a radioactive metal found in minute amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Although many isotopes ...6 KB (795 words) - 06:17, 23 January 2023
- have been studied. Xe-129 is produced by the beta decay of iodine-129 (half-life 16 million years); Xe-131m, Xe-133, Xe-133m, and Xe-135 are some ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- Mendelevium (chemical symbol Md (formerly Mv), atomic number 101), also known as unnilunium (symbol Unu), is a synthetic element in the periodic ...6 KB (778 words) - 04:30, 9 November 2022
- emitting three types of radiation: alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. When mixed with beryllium, radium produces neutrons. Another remarkable ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- Tantalum, formerly tantalium (chemical symbol Ta, atomic number 73) is a rare, blue-gray, lustrous metal. It is very hard, has a high melting ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
- Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery-white metal. Scandium ore occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and elsewhere ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- one of its neutrons decays (through beta decay) into one proton plus ... while the weak nuclear force is responsible for Beta decay. ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
