Beta rays are streams of high energy electrons similar to?

both are electrons

Beta particles are composed of high-energy electrons.

Electrons are identical to beta particle since beta particles ARE electrons with high energy content that can ionize atoms it come across.

The energy is different.

Beta radiation made of electrons or positrons.

Beta radiation is made from electrons (or positrons for inverse beta radiation). Alpha radiation is a helium nucleus, and gamma radiation is a high energy electromagnetic ray.

No. Beta particles are high energy electrons or positrons emitted in radioactive decay events, they are not "photons", the particle analog of electromagnetic energy.

These are known as alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Alpha rays are helium-4 nuclei, beta rays can be electrons or positrons, gamma rays are high-energy electromagnetic waves. These are known as alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Alpha rays are helium-4 nuclei, beta rays can be electrons or positrons, gamma rays are high-energy electromagnetic waves. These are known as alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Alpha rays are helium-4 nuclei, beta rays can be electrons or positrons…

The answer is right here, on Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/beta-decay Actually, Beta-decay releases beta particles, which can be either electrons or positrons (anti-matter! :D).

No. First of all, Beta radiation is not really radiation; it is a bombardment by Beta particles. We now know that these are just electrons. Secondly, electrons can't go through your body; your skin is enough to stop them. Actually high energy Beta can penetrate all layers of the skin and into the tissue beneath. This causes what are called Beta Burns and are similar to a very bad Sunburn, only deeper, more dead tissue…

Energy. Specifically in the form of 4He nuclei (alpha decay), electrons/positrons (beta decay), or high-energy photons (gamma decay) alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays energy

Beta particles are massive electrons where as gamma is massless photon. Ionization depends mainly on the energy possessed by the particle. Massive particles possess kinetic energy and so ionization is more in beta compared to that in gamma. But gamma too electrons come out and this phenomenon is termed as photo electric emission.

Electrons are particles orbiting the nucleus. beta particles are given out by the nucleus when you split a neutron to form a proton and a beta particle. It has more energy and is the result of radioactive decay

Electrons being negatively charged will be attracted by the protons within the nucleus and so they come after spending energy against the force of attraction. But positron being positively charged will be repelled by positively charged portons. Hence the energy difference between electron and positron emission in case of beta decay

In beta radiation, an emission of electrons can occur due to beta decay. A neutron can disintegrate into protons and electrons.

Alpha radiation: corpuscular radiation, helium atoms Beta radiation: electrons Gamma radiation: electromagnetic radiation of high energy

The four popular forms are: gamma - which is high energy photons of light, beta - which are high energy electrons, alpha - which are high energy nuclei of helium, and neutrons.

No. But beta particles can either be electrons, or anti-electrons.

An Alpha Particle is a fast, bare Helium nuclei composed of two protons, two neutrons, and no electrons, that is ejected at high velocity from a decaying nuclei. A Beta Particle is an electron or positron, ejected at extremely high velocity from a decaying nuclei. Both alpha particles and protons are Bosons. Both beta particles and electrons are Leptons. Their relationships are similar because the electron and proton are both components of atoms. The beta…

Beta particles can be electrons (beta-) or positrons (beta+), along with electron antineutrinos (beta-) or electron neutrinos (beta+). Cathode ray particles are just electrons. Since neutrinos have no charge, they do not interact well with matter. As a result, the electrons from beta- decay are nearly indistinguishable from the electrons in cathode rays, with the possible exception of their velocity.

Beta particles are either electrons or positrons. Since both electrons and positrons have a spin of 1/2, there is no difference between the spins of beta particles and electrons.

Radioactive elements such as radium or uranium emit radiation. There are three types of "radiation"; alpha particles (which are solitary electrons), beta particles (helium nuclei, consisting of two protons and two neutrons) and "gamma radiation", which is high-energy electromagnetic energy similar to light or X-rays.

A fast moving beta particle is simply a beta particle with a high kinetic energy. Beta particles are emitted from an atomic nucleus during what is called beta decay, and they emerge with a lot of kinetic energy. Note that there are two different kinds of beta particles, and they are electrons and positrons. The later is an anti-electron, which is a form of antimatter. Use the links below to related questions here and review…

The most common are: gamma radiation (high energy photons), beta particles (high energy electrons or positrons) and alpha particles (high energy helium nuclei).

Beta radiation, which consists either of electrons or of anti-electrons (positrons).

Gamma rays are photons, particles of light. Whereas, Beta particles are high speed electrons. Gamma rays have much more energy and are therefore more penetrating than Beta particles.

Nothing really. Beta particles are electrons or positrons (the antimatter counterpart of electrons), and alpha particles are two protons and two neutrons (a helium nucleus). I guess the only things that they share are speed, and particles in them that have electric charge.

negative beta, electrons. positive beta, positrons.

Beta rays are electrons.

Alpha rays are composed of helium-4 nuclei, beta rays are composed of electrons or positrons, and gamma rays are composed of very high energy electromagnetic radiation.

Beta particles are high energy electrons and can ionize our bodies when they come into contact with us... Hence, they are dangerous.... The ionization can destroy cells in you body. Or in worst case, alter them to form cancer.

Alpha rays are helium nuclei (two protons + two neutrons) and have a charge of +2; beta rays are either electrons or anti-electrons (positrons), with a charge of -1 or +1; gamma rays are high-energy light rays (photons).

Electrons may be ejected as Beta particles from an atom undergoing radioactive decay. Electrons may also be ejected in high-energy particle collisions such as those produced in a cyclotron. Electrons may also be displaced from an atom by extremes of high temperature when a plasma is formed, by thermionic emission; or by light, during the interaction with a photon of sufficient energy.

Gamma rays are the most extremely energetic known electromagnetic radiation/light/photons. An Alpha particle is an energetic Helium nucleus: 2 protons, 2 neutrons, no electrons. Beta particles are high energy electrons or positions.

An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons, so it's a Helium-4 atoms nucleus. They are emitted from heavy nuclei. Beta particles are just electrons, though this wasn't known at the time of their naming. Beta particles are emitted when there is an excess of neutrons in an atom. A neutron converts to a proton and a beta particle is emitted. Gamma rays are emitted from nuclei with too much energy, the gamma rays…

I think you are confusing "betta" with "beta". Beta radiation is a form of energy that isn't very good for you, similar to x-rays in simple terms. They can be used to treat some forms of cancer but are generally considered a bad thing to be around. Don't worry - Siamese fighting fish do not emit beta rays, it's just a similar name.

EM radiation is essentially high energy light, with wavelengths ranging from 10 nanometers low energy x rays to 10 picometers high energy gamma rays. Beta radiation refers to high speed electrons while an alpha ray is a high speed proton.

Radium emits alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Alpha radiation is fully ionized helium nuclei. Beta radiation is high energy electrons. Gamma radiation is very high energy electromagnetic radiation. All of these can do significant damage to living things.

No. Beta particles are electrons or positrons that are emitted from the nucleus. They do not come from the electron cloud. In beta- decay, a down quark is changed to an up quark, changing a neutron into a proton by the weak atomic force. This causes the emission of a W- boson, which then subsequently decays into an electron and an electron antineutrino. In beta+ decay, an up quark is changed to a down quark…

IN the so-called "beta decay", an atom will emit either electrons, or anti-electrons (positrons), but the most common case is that it simply emits electrons.

No, they are unrelated. Alpha and beta radiation are particle streams, not waves. And gamma rays are electromagnetic waves.

If you mean a CRT TV screen, they are electrons. Beta particles are also electrons but of higher energy than in cathode rays. Modern flat panel TVs are purely electronic and involve nothing striking the screen. So the precise answer to your question is neither.

Yes. I found this: "Beta particles are just electrons from the nucleus, the term "beta particle" being an historical term used in the early description of radioactivity. The high energy electrons have greater range of penetration than alpha particles, but still much less than gamma rays. The radiation hazard from betas is greatest if they are ingested. " Here: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/beta.html

Mean beta energy is 30% of the maximum energy.

Not necessarily. Beta particles emitted from beta- decay are electrons (ignoring the electron antineutrino that is also present) and, as such, have negative charge. However, beta particles emitted from beta+ decay are positrons or anti-electrons (again, ignoring the electron neutrino that is also present) and, as such, have positive charge.

Beta particles are high speed electrons or positrons.

No, beta particles are electrons, and thus have a change of -1.

It does not usually involve the atom's electrons, except for a type of decay called K capture. But the beta particles ejected in what is called beta decay are either electrons or positrons.

One, if it is beta-, along with the antineutrino. None, if it is beta+, along with the neutrino. (It is a positron in the latter case)

It is β − decay (electron emission) - ‏β + decay (positron emission)