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- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Electron capture (sometimes called Inverse Beta Decay) is a decay ... capture and the heavier ones decay by negative beta emission. ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- Actinium (chemical symbol Ac, atomic number 89) is a silvery, radioactive, metallic element. Due to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- (beta) 13.25 k=(beta) 1259 | c=986 | f=1807 color1=#ff99cc | color2=black ...7 KB (911 words) - 11:01, 28 September 2023
- Ytterbium has three allotropes, called alpha, beta, and gamma. Their ... capture, and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products ...11 KB (1,375 words) - 21:33, 4 June 2023
- and pressure of the explosion (eight beta decays also occurred to create ... successive neutron captures mixed with beta decays build the fermium isotope ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- , and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products ... compound for detectors in positron emission tomography (PET.) ...11 KB (1,371 words) - 03:06, 5 November 2022
- polonium atoms may be ejected during the emission of alpha particles. ... Solid polonium can exist in two forms: alpha and beta. In the alpha ...11 KB (1,554 words) - 08:39, 24 November 2022
- neutrons with 238U (which then went through seven beta decays). These findings were kept secret until 1955 due to Cold War tensions, however. ...7 KB (940 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before Er-166 are element 67 (holmium) isotopes, and the primary ...11 KB (1,419 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- a new, lower energy gamma photon with an emission direction different from ... comprising 2 protons and 2 neutrons) or beta particles (electrons). When ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- isotopes are radioactive. As a source of beta radiation, it is used in thickness ... into 147Nd which decays into 147Pm through beta decay with a half-life of 11 days. ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products before Tm-169 are element 68 (erbium) isotopes, and the primary ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- Francium (chemical symbol Fr, atomic number 87) is a radioactive metal found in minute amounts in uranium and thorium ores. Although many isotopes ...6 KB (795 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- have been studied. Xe-129 is produced by the beta decay of iodine-129 (half-life 16 million years); Xe-131m, Xe-133, Xe-133m, and Xe-135 are some ...13 KB (1,905 words) - 14:16, 20 May 2023
- Mendelevium (chemical symbol Md (formerly Mv), atomic number 101), also known as unnilunium (symbol Unu), is a synthetic element in the periodic ...6 KB (778 words) - 04:30, 9 November 2022
- emitting three types of radiation: alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays. When mixed with beryllium, radium produces neutrons. Another remarkable ...13 KB (1,820 words) - 22:47, 7 December 2022
- Tantalum, formerly tantalium (chemical symbol Ta, atomic number 73) is a rare, blue-gray, lustrous metal. It is very hard, has a high melting ...14 KB (1,813 words) - 03:03, 19 April 2023
- Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery-white metal. Scandium ore occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and elsewhere ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- one of its neutrons decays (through beta decay) into one proton plus ... while the weak nuclear force is responsible for Beta decay. ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- (11.2%) by electron capture and positron emission, and it also transforms ... through neutron capture by 39K or alpha emission by calcium. 37Ar is created ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 06:25, 12 August 2023
- Cesium (also spelled caesium, chemical symbol Cs, atomic number 55) is a member of the group of chemical elements known as alkali metals. Soft ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- Pa, is alpha decay and the primary mode after is beta minus decay. The primary decay products before 231-Pa are actinium isotopes, and the primary products ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Osmium (chemical symbol Os, atomic number 76) is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-black transition metal in the platinum family and is found ...14 KB (1,905 words) - 04:43, 18 November 2022
- but it produces significant amounts of gamma and beta radiation from radioactive decay products. == Nuclear fuel cycle == If MOX nuclear fuel ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- *beta-neptunium (above 280 °C), tetragonal, density (313 °C) 19.36 Mg/m3, and *gamma-neptunium (above 577 °C), cubic, density (600 °C) 18 Mg/m3 ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- remnants. 249Cf is formed from the beta decay of 249Bk and most other californium isotopes are made by subjecting berkelium to intense neutron ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- *The isotope 90Sr is one of the best long-lived, high-energy beta ... *The radioisotope 90Sr is also used in cancer therapy. Its beta emission ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- Cerium (chemical symbol Ce, atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements. It ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 23:59, 3 December 2023
- Unlike beta decay, alpha decay is governed by the strong nuclear force ... with other radioactive materials that emit beta and gamma rays. The 2006 assassination ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- application of induced gamma emission. That work follows over two decades of basic research by an international community into the means for ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET.) ... 1508 Kelvin, it transforms into its "beta" form, which has a body ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- coming from atoms, which they named alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. and James Chadwick in 1914 showed that the beta decay spectrum was continuous ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- electron capture and the primary mode after is beta minus decay. The primary decay products before 141Pr are element 58 (cerium) isotopes and the primary ...12 KB (1,535 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique ... The concept of emission and transmission tomography was introduced ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- rocks; Rb-87 decays to stable strontium-87 by emission of a negative beta particle. During fractional crystallization, Sr tends to become concentrated ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- heavier isotopes, the primary mode is beta emission, giving ruthenium, with ... heavier isotopes, the primary mode is beta emission, giving ruthenium, with ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- Pierre and Marie discovered that beta rays are negatively charged ... energy, by identifying the continuous emission of heat from radium particles ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 05:21, 24 November 2022
- Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare, soft, gray metal. It was discovered in a variety of columbite (now called ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- extended life, thermionic electron emission sources for scanning electron microscopes. * Petroleum cracking catalysts. * Gas lantern mantles. ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- decay_mode1 = Beta emission| decay_energy1 = 0.018590| decay_product ... and no neutrons. Tritium emits low-energy beta radiation that cannot penetrate ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- Zirconium (chemical symbol Zr, atomic number 40) is a strong, lustrous, gray-white metal that resembles titanium. It is obtained chiefly from ...16 KB (2,114 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- Lead (chemical symbol Pb, atomic number 82) is a soft, heavy metal. Bluish white when freshly cut, it tarnishes to dull gray when exposed to ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- (11.2 percent) by electron capture and positron emission, and it decays to stable 40Ca (calcium-40) (88.8 percent) by beta decay. The half-life of ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- Rhodium (chemical symbol Rh, atomic number 45) is a rare, silvery-white, inert metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements and is ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- initially forming 239U; two subsequent beta decays then form 239Pu (with ... emission; the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- five can decay into isotopes of hafnium-72 by the emission of alpha particles (corresponding to nuclei of helium-4). Alpha decay has been observed (in ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- although the nature of the emitted radiation (alpha, beta, or gamma, and the energy), its consequent capacity to cause ionization in tissues, and the ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
- * 32P; a beta-emitter (1.71 MeV) with a half-life of 14.3 days which ... * 33P; a beta-emitter (0.25 MeV) with a half-life of 25.4 days. It ...25 KB (3,622 words) - 22:45, 28 March 2023
- electron capture and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before 59Co are element 26 (iron) isotopes, and the primary products ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
