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What is radioactivity and what is the difference between alpha beta and gamma radiation?
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∙ 6y ago
Alpha radiation is helium-4 nuclei - i.e., each alpha particle consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons.Beta radiation is either electrons or positrons (= anti-electrons).
Gamma radiation is high-energy photons.
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What are the three products of radioactivity decay?
alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma radiation
Is alpha radiation a ionization radiation?
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
Why natural radioactivity is a nuclear property?
All radioactivity whether natural or induced through man made activities is a nuclear process, because it involves changes in the nuclei of the atoms of the active material. This is true of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
What exactly is the difference between nuclear fission and radioactivity?
this actually really funny because im looking for the same answer but i believe that the answer is a chemical activity is undergoing a chemical change while radioactivity is emission of radition
Alpha is it ionizing?
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
What are the three products of radioactivity decay?
alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma radiation
Is alpha a nuclear form of radiation?
Alpha radiation is a form of radioactivity that is quite common, it occurs when a nucleus emits what is effectively a helium nucleus, that is two protons plus two neutrons
What is the difference between an alpha blocker and an alpha-adrenergic blocker?
There is no difference :)
What geiger counter measure?
A geiger counter measures radioactivity. It detects the emission of nuclear radiation from alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays.
Is radioactivity a curse?
Radioactive isotopes are just elements which have a tendency to undergo alpha, beta or gamma radiation to bring themselves to a stable electron configuration.
Is alpha radiation a ionization radiation?
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
Why natural radioactivity is a nuclear property?
All radioactivity whether natural or induced through man made activities is a nuclear process, because it involves changes in the nuclei of the atoms of the active material. This is true of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
What discoveries using radiation led to the modern understanding of atoms?
Charge of an electron, Size of an atomic nucleus, nucleus is positive, helium is alpha radiation, protons, neutrons, instability, radioactivity, and use for nuclear energy. And more
What is the definition for radioactivity?
Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus; The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc
Alpha is it ionizing?
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
What is the radiation type for alpha?
Alpha (and beta) radiation is "particle radiation" Gamma is electro-magnetic radiation.
What exactly is the difference between nuclear fission and radioactivity?
this actually really funny because im looking for the same answer but i believe that the answer is a chemical activity is undergoing a chemical change while radioactivity is emission of radition
