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Alpha particles are positively charged. They have low penetrating power but high ionizing power.
Beta and alpha are two different things. Beta has negative charges, Alpha has positive. Now the thing is that their ionizing powers also differ. Alpha has extremely HIGH ionizing power whereas Beta has comparatively less (gamma has no ionizing power). Basically alpha ionizes the particles around it very fast and there fore it cannot proceed further into the material, whereas Beta has less ionizing power and can therefore travel farther into the material as the particles around it don't get ionized as fast as alpha. (this is the same reason why gamma has such high penetration power, because it doesn't ionize substances at all). Basically alpha has least penetration power as the ionizing power is most, Beta has medium ionizing and penetration power (compared to alpha and gamma) Gamma has most penetration power as it's ionizing power is least. Hope that answers the question.
An alpha particle
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
both are particle ionizing radiation that comes as a result of nuclear transformation.
Alpha is the most ionizing, as it is looking for 2 electrons, and is a noble gas (meaning, once it gets a hold of those electrons it will not let them go).
consists of two protons and two neutrons (ionized helium, He2+)
Alpha and Beta Radiation are types of ionizing radiation. They are both charged particles though Alpha is heavier than the particle Beta.
alpha particle is the heaviest(compared to gama and beta particle).....it has got haish positive charge and moves with a speed lower compared to beta and gama particle and therefore it ionizies the particles around it as it moves in its path
Alpha particles are positively charged helium atoms or simply the helium nucleus. Everything in nature tries to attain stability. So the alpha particle would try to balance its charge by accepting 2 electrons in its outermost shell. Hence it tries to accept 2 electrons from anything it passes through. Whereas a Beta particle is a type of electron. So it won't try to accept negative charge. So it has lesser ioniztion potential than a Alpha particle. A gamma radiation is a highly charged photon that does not have charge. Thus we can see that it is the alpha particle that has the most ionization potential.
A Geiger counter, also called a Geiger-Müller counter, is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation. They detect the emission of nuclear radiation: alpha particles, beta particles or gamma rays. A Geiger counter detects radiation by ionization produced in a low-pressure gas in a Geiger-Müller tube
The alpha particle has a composition identical to a helium nucleus, specifically, the nucleus of helium-4. The alpha particle, however, is a product of radioactive decay, and is usually moving pretty fast. When we speak of helium nuclei, we are usually speaking of things that are much less energetic.