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Nuclear Physics
Most commonly known for its applications in nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, Nuclear Physics also has applications in medicine and archaeology. This category is for questions about the branch of physics that deals with the study of the forces, reactions, and internal structures of atomic nuclei, Nuclear Physics.
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Takeons are often found in takeon drives, they emit radiation which charge up your particles with energy, the side affects can be blond hair, yellow eyes, a yellow glow and the ability to float but luckily these affects are only temporary, Takeons can also be found in a more concentrated form such as the seven chaos emeralds, these takeons provide stronger radiation. Takeons also have the ability to travel faster than light speed allowing the wielder of takeons to almost appear to teleport (But really they are just travelling so fast that they can defy gravity, pass through absolutely anything and appear somewhere else unharmed.) The seven chaos emeralds are the most known concentrated clump of takeons in the galaxy.
I don't know what a takeon is but a TACHYON is a hypothetical superluminal (faster than the speed of light) subatomic particle. In the language of special relativity, a tachyon is a particle with space-like four-momentum and imaginary proper time. A tachyon is constrained to the space-like portion of the energy-momentum graph. Therefore, it cannot slow down to subluminal speeds.
Tachyon is pronounced /ˈtækiˌɒn/; from the Greek: ταχύς, takhus, "swift" + English: -on "elementary particle"
What does bismuth 210 become when it undergoes alpha decay?
bismuth 210 decays by beta decay to polonium 210 that decays by alpha decay to lead 206
What is an easy description for fission?
In nuclear fission, a very large nucleus such as a uranium nucleus breaks apart into two smaller nuclei, and some energy is released as a result. If you can get a whole lot of heavy nuclei to undergo fission at the same time, the result is an atomic bomb.
What could be in the higs Boson?
The Higgs Boson, if it exists, should be a massive point particle, so there should be nothing "in" it.
The water is kept under pressure, which raises the boiling point of the water (the same concept behind pressure cookers). Therefore, the water will still be liquid at temperatures greater than 100 degrees C.
How strong nuclear force and binding energy exists with in atomic structure?
The strong nuclear force is a powerful force that binds protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom. This force is essential in overcoming the electrostatic repulsion between protons, helping to stabilize the nucleus. Binding energy is the energy required to break apart the nucleus of an atom, and it is a measure of the stability of the nucleus. The strong nuclear force and binding energy play crucial roles in determining the structure and stability of atoms.
What species are formed by the decay of neutron?
electron and neutrino are formed by the decay of neutron.
Yes, you could. The Geiger-Müller tube itself is fairly immune to electromagnetic fields by virtue of its construction. It's built inside a metal cylinder, which will offer some shielding. But outside the tube, things are different. Electromagnetic fields will deflect any charged particle (like a beta particle) that attempts to move through them. The amount and direction of the deflection of charged particles that move through a magnetic field will vary as a function of the direction of the magnetic lines of force relative to the path of the particle, the strength of the magnetic field, and the polarity and strength of the charge on the particle. Beta particles are high energy electrons, or sometime positrons, and the two particles will be affected oppositely by force on them created by their relative motion through the magnetic field. The term relative motion is important because it means the particle is moving in some way "across" or "through" the magnetic lines of force, and not "along" or "parallel" with them. Our beta particles, as they are generated and begin to move toward the GM tube, will encounter "diversion force" which will deflect them away from the original path of travel. This will affect their ability to actually get into the detector (the GM tube) through the window in it. And that will affect the count. It is improbable that looking for beta (or any charged) particles in a modest magnetic field will permit an accurate reading, and the reading will be "too low" because a number of the particles will be deflected away from the window of the GM tube. There is one more thing, and that's that it's hard for particles moving in an arc (along a curved course) to "hit a window" like the one in the GM tube and go in very far. Even if they get in the window, they will "curve across" the inside of the tube very near the window, and this might not allow them to trigger a current avalanche to record a "click" or a "count" for that particle. Readings could easily be very low if the detector is being used in a fairly stiff magnetic field. A link can be found below.
What type of radioactive decay causes the luminescent properties of radium paint?
mostly alpha, the others contribute a little too but not much.
18) The amount of radiation that an individual absorbs depends on?
On the amount of radiation emitted; on how close the individual is to the source of the radiation; on any objects in between which might absorb part of the radiation.
What does adding a neutron to an atomic nucleus do to the atom's mass?
Increases it by one.
However in some isotopes this results in the fission of the nucleus into two less massive ones. While the atomic masses of the new nuclei are random, they statistically peak at about 1/3s and 2/3s the mass of the original.
Why are protons being collided in the Large Hadron Collider?
The LHC is the Large Hadron Collider, and it's set up to use large hadrons as "bullets" in experiments. The proton is a "quick and easy" bullet to acquire. It's a hydrogen nucleus, and it's not that hard to come by. Take hydrogen gas and stip off the electron and we're in business. And a proton is a better "bullet" than an electron because it's heavier than the electron by some 1836 times. Bigger "bullets" make for a better "hit" on a target. We've already been accelerating protons for a long time so we know something about that. And now we have a bigger machine to do it with. Actually, the machine will be used on some other atomic nuclei as well, like lead. The trick is to strip off the electrons and then send the remaining nucleus sans electrons into a linear accelerator (along with more of its kind) and then into the different rings that will boost energies to the point where they can be injected into the LHC ring proper for their final "boost" to almost the speed of light. A link is provided below.
Cosmogenic isotopes are isotopes that are produced in rocks or minerals by the interaction of cosmic radiation with the Earth's surface. They are useful for dating geological events, such as erosion and exposure ages of rocks, and for studying processes such as rock weathering and sediment transport. Examples include beryllium-10 and aluminum-26.
18 grams are one fourth of the original sample mass of 72 grams. Accordingly, the half life is 6.2/4 = 1.55 days.
Why conversion of a photon to an electron positron pair is not possible in free space?
Because energy mass conservation will not be satisfied in free space, so that this process needs some material by which this conversion will be proceed.
Give one external condition that does not affect radioactive decay?
Just about NO environmental condition can change the rate of radioactive decay - except perhaps very extreme conditions, such as temperatures of millions of kelvin, or similarly extreme pressures (and it is debatable whether this is a different category).So, none of temperature, electric current, electric or magnetic fields, pressure, etc., will affect radioactive decay.
What does carbon dating have to do with the fossil record?
Nothing. Something must contain carbon to be carbon dated. By definition fossils are mineralized and contain no carbon.
To explain the observation asked about in the Wilson cloud chamber photograph, let's take just a moment to talk about what a cloud chamber is. In a cloud chamber, we see a supersaturated environment where alcohol or some other substance is present as a vapor in air. The substance appears in the air in such high quantity that it is ready to rain within the chamber. (In some chambers, the tiniest droplets are actually forming, and it is raining extremely small droplets!) The inside of the chamber is undisturbed by any outside forces (save gravity and the radiation moving through it).
When particles or rays of high energy move through the chamber, the atoms of air along the path of travel are ionized. Electrons are torn out of the orbitals of these atoms, and these ionized atoms will form places where that supersaturated vapor can condense. Tiny droplets of liquid will form along the path of travel of the radiation, and this "track" can be seen from outside the chamber. The condensation is actually a little "cloud" inside the chamber, hence the name cloud chamber. That said, let's see what happens when radiation passes through it.
The alpha particle is really a helium-4 nucleus. It is a pair each of protons and neutrons, and it is relatively heavy as particulate radiation goes. When an alpha particle moves through the chamber, it slams into air atoms all along its path of travel. There is a lot of energy exchange, and there will be a lot of ionized atoms and a lot of condensation along the course the particle takes. This heavy track of condensate will be easy to spot. Compare that to the track of a beta particle, which could be an electron or positron. The electron or positron is extremely small and light compared to the alpha particle, and it will be much, much less likely to interact with an atom along the path that it travels. This will result in much less ionized air along its track, and much less cloud formation along that path. The observer will see a clear difference between the two particle tracks as he peers into the chamber during the experiment.
We've left out a couple of things as regards the magnetic field that is usually incorporated into the cloud chamber, and also what we might expect as regards the tracks of other forms of radiation that might pass through. But the large difference in the sizes of the alpha and beta particles will result in marked differences in their ability to ionize the atoms of air along their respective routes through the chamber. And this will cause a large difference in the size of the cloud tracks that appear in their wakes, and will allow the observer to clearly distinguish between the two particles as they pass through the chamber. Links can be found below to related questions which might allow the investigator to gain further insight into the particles and the operation of the cloud chamber.
Is alpha particle is heavy particle?
An alpha particle is a helium-4 nucleus. It has a mass of about 4 atomic mass units.
Are fireworks nuclear fission?
No. Fireworks rely on chemical rather than nuclear energy. They are driven by an oxidation-reduction reaction. Fireworks were developed centuries before we discovered nuclear fission.
Curium was obtained for the first time in 1944 by Glenn Seaborg, Ralph James, Albert Ghiorso at Berkeley, USA.
They bombarded plutonium with helium ions.
