Correct me if I am wrong but I believe alpha rays do not exist. There are alpha particles, and gamma rays, but I do not think alpha rays exist. Alpha particles are most commonly used in smoke detectors, but have been used in the past of kill isolated areas of cancer cells.
Alpha radiation is used in a few practical applications, occassionally even to make use of it's harmful effects. Alpha radiation is often used as a power source for space probes and artificial pacemakers, a safe one at that as alpha radiation is easier to shield against than other radiation types. It can also be used to treat cancerous tumours in the body in a process called 'unsealed source radiatherapy', it can be risky to use sometimes, but it has been shown to be quite effective in certain cases.
Alpha particles are used to produce ionization.They are also bombarded on various elements to get proton and neutron.
An alpha particle is a helium nucleus; it has a charge of +2.
The charge of an alpha particle is 2+ and the symbol is α2+.
An alpha particle is equivalent to a helium-4 nucleus, or a helium-4 ion. A difference is that an alpha particle has a certain amount of energy associated with it, so it can said to be fast or hot. The energy is measured in thousands or millions of electron volts (keV or MeV).
process by which a target nucleus can be split into two smaller nuclei upon bombardment
A nucleon is the amount of protons and neutrons. An alpha particle has an atomic number of 2 and a atomic mass of 4 then it has 2 protons and 2 neutrons.There are 4 nucleons in an alpha particle.
Curium is a strong alpha particle emitter and can be used as alpha particle source or in isotopic heat generators.
An alpha particle in nuclear chemistry is a helium-4 nucleus, or 42He+2. In order to simplify, the Greek letter alpha is also used to represent the particle.
There are 2 neutron in an alpha particle.
The alpha particle is much more massive than a beta particle. A beta particle is an electron, which has very little mass. An alpha particle is a helium nucleus, and consists of two protons and two neutrons.
Alpha Particle
The nucleus of a helium atom is called an alpha particle. The electromagnetic waves emitted by a nucleus are called gamma rays.
Yes, the alpha particle is nonfundamental.
Alpha is a particle not a wave. Alpha particle are positively charged helium nuclei and have a +2 charge and 4u mass.
An alpha particle is a helium nucleus; it has a charge of +2.
An alpha particle has the charge 2+ and the mass 4.
The mass and size of an alpha particle compare with the masa and size of beta particle in the sense that the alpha particle is significantly larger in both size and mass that the beta and gamma particles. This is why it is called the alpha particle.
An alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of Helium atom