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If you have 3 radioactive cookies alpha beta and gamma what will you eat placed in your packet and hold it by your hand?
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∙ 13y ago
You eat the gamma cookie, put the beta cookie in your pocket, and hold the alpha cookie in your hand. Here's why:
Your skin will stop the alpha radiation, so it's safe to hold that cookie in your hand.
Your clothes will stop the beta, so it's safe to put that in your pocket.
And if you're going to have to eat one, you may as well eat the gamma cookie because gamma radiation is so penetrating that you'll get the same does whether you hold it in your hand, put it in your pocket or eat it.
you've sort of missed the point with this one. your right in saying that the alpha wont penetrate the skin, the beta your clothes, and the gamma will penetrate basically everything but its less that you you'd rather eat the gamma cookie because you will get dosed no matter what and more that you do not want to eat the alpha cookie. you see the same reason alpha particles dont penetrate the skin is the same reason they're extremely detrimental when ingested - far more so than gamma. its called specific ionization specific-ionization.
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The radioactive element is composed of unstable nuclei that try to reach stability through emitting nuclear radiations as alpha, beta, and gamma nuclear radiations.
Does radioactive mean in science?
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Is an alpha particle radioactive?
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Which radioactive most easily absorbed?
The most easily absorbed radioactive is Alpha
What is the radioactive decay of U-238?
Alpha
Does alpha decay naturally?
Yes, alpha decay occurs naturally, that is why radioactive material is dangerous, because we can't simply "turn off" the radioactive decay.
What is a beta emitter?
In physics, an alpha emitter is a radioactive substance which decays by emitting alpha particles.
Why does nonradioactive substances become radioactive when placed near a radium compound?
This phenomenon is rare, non obligatory. For example beryllium irradiated with alpha particles from radium emit neutrons.
What are the types of radioactive decay?
alpha, beta, gamma.
What has the weakest penetrating powers with radioactive emission?
alpha
What is the product of radioactive decay HE called?
An alpha particle
What produces a alpha wave?
If you mean "alpha radiation", that is the result of certain types of radioactive decay.
What is the heaviest of the forms of radioactive decay is?
I'm pretty sure its alpha.
