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No Alpha radiation is essentially a helium nucleus - a couple of protons and neutrons bound together as a particle Beta radiation is an electron or positron - still a particle but not the same kind of particle as alpha.
Alpha can not make it through the badge holder to the film. This reason makes the film badges unsuitable for detecting alpha particle radiation.
Alpha radiation (alpha particles, helium nucleus)
alpha particles.
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
Alpha Particle
Alpha (and beta) radiation is "particle radiation" Gamma is electro-magnetic radiation.
Alpha and Beta Radiation are types of ionizing radiation. They are both charged particles though Alpha is heavier than the particle Beta.
No Alpha radiation is essentially a helium nucleus - a couple of protons and neutrons bound together as a particle Beta radiation is an electron or positron - still a particle but not the same kind of particle as alpha.
Beta is a particle. In beta- it is an electron and an electron antineutrino. In beta+ it is a positron and an electron neutrino.
Alpha can not make it through the badge holder to the film. This reason makes the film badges unsuitable for detecting alpha particle radiation.
The particle described is an alpha particle, and we might call a stream of them alpha radiation or an alpha ray.
Alpha radiation (alpha particles, helium nucleus)
process by which a target nucleus can be split into two smaller nuclei upon bombardment
Alpha Particles
alpha particle, He nucleus
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.