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What radioactive particle that can travel almost at the speed of light?
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∙ 6y ago
Since Nuclear radiation is simply electromagnetic waves and all electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light all nuclear radiation travels at the speed of light. But the frequency will vary.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoLight is electromagnetic radiation, and all of its forms travel at the same speed.
Other forms of electromagnetic radiation include radio, microwave, VHF, UHF, heat ,
infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays. We use different names for it depending
on the wavelength.
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∙ 6y agoThe neutrinos produced in Beta Decay travel at almost the speed of light, due to their very very small but nonzero mass.
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∙ 8y agoIn vacuum, all electromagnetic waves.
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What travels at light speed besides engines?
Engines cannot travel at light speed. The only thing that can travel at this speed is the Photon, the particle of light.
Why do radium emits light?
As we all have been knowing that Radium is an radioactive element or I can say radioactive metal (to be precise).The Radium releases radioactive particle -alpha particle,beta particle and gamma particle;during a nuclear decay and these particle ionise the substance around it.And this helps it to emit light.
At what speed does a beta ray travel?
There's no such thing. Or, rather, it depends on the circumstances. It has to be less than the speed of light in a vacuum, but other than that restriction, it can be almost any value (including faster than the speed of light in the medium it's traveling in, in which case it emits Cerenkov radiation).
How does light traval?
it is particularly hard question to answer because there are many theories regarding how light in particularly travels, one theory says it's a wave and another says it's a particle. based on these two theories, there are question about the behaviour of light that can be answered but it is not 100% that which theory is correct, because light behaves as a wave and a particle. how does light travel in vacuum is misery, it has some form of magnetic radiation that it creates for itself that it can travel.
How sound and light travel and why?
sound is a vibration of particles heard by the eardrum, light is a photon (a particle) that flies around and bumps off things. Why? well that is one of the universal, unanswerable questions
What law explains dual nature of light?
The wave-particle duality theory. This explains why sometimes light appears to travel as a wave, and why sometimes it appears to travel as a particle.
What are two different ways light can travel?
As a particle or as a wave.
How can a small particle say a neutrino travel ALMOST at the speed of light when it would take an infinite amount of energy to travel at the speed of light?
Firstly, it takes an infinite amount of energy to accelerate an object with 'mass' to the speed of light. A massless particle removes that energy problem. Secondly, approaching the speed of light is not actually much of an issue for even a particle with mass. The Large Hadron Collider accelerates particles to just 3m/s below the speed of light, 'almost the speed of light' by any definition. While it takes an immense amount of energy, it can still be done.
Which are the non relativistic particles?
A non-relativistic particle is any particle not traveling at a speed close to the speed of light. This is not a property of particular type of particle; any particle may in general travel at any speed (below the speed of light). An exception are particles which are massless such as photons and gluons, these MUST travel at the speed of light.
What travels at light speed besides engines?
Engines cannot travel at light speed. The only thing that can travel at this speed is the Photon, the particle of light.
Why can light travel trough space?
Because light is a particle that is fired of from a star, that particle travels many ages to go through space to reach your eyes when you see it
Can light travel trough space?
Because light is a particle that is fired of from a star, that particle travels many ages to go through space to reach your eyes when you see it
Which particle travels the fastest?
There are some particles that travel at the speed of light - mainly, the photon (the particle that makes up light), and the (hypothetical) graviton. No particles are known to travel faster than that, and it doesn't seem likely that this is at all possible.
How does speed light travel?
Light travels at 299,792,458 m/s as both a wave and a particle. Light demonstrates aspects of both. It does not require any sort of medium to travel.
How does light travel from space to earth?
Light is a particle called a foton that is fired of by a star and then continue's to travel in the direction it was fired in for many ages until it reaches something it collides with. it can be that this particle reaches earth or your eye in witch case you see it
What name is given to the hypothetical elementary particle that can travel faster than light?
They are called "tachyons."
Why do radium emits light?
As we all have been knowing that Radium is an radioactive element or I can say radioactive metal (to be precise).The Radium releases radioactive particle -alpha particle,beta particle and gamma particle;during a nuclear decay and these particle ionise the substance around it.And this helps it to emit light.
