Search results for "Decay energy" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The most significant use of nuclear reactors is as an energy source ... electricity by harnessing the thermal energy released from burning fossil ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Some of these include the theory of beta decay, and the discovery of slow ... Columbia University the first atomic energy funding of US$6,000. However ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- of the magnetosphere into the solar wind. Energy deposited in the ionosphere ... hard for the solar wind to transmit much energy to the magnetosphere—but ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- includes such activities as treating dental decay, oral surgery, extraction ... and data that are produced when radiant energy is used for diagnosis and ...16 KB (2,245 words) - 16:53, 26 September 2020
- quantum of interaction joins the quanta of energy, time, and space in the current ... about two different axes, and mass-energy in time, and can be derived ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- subatomic particles are created in high-energy particle accelerators or ... Albert Einstein proposed that the energy of electromagnetic radiation ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- 50 amu (50Co) to 73 amu (73Co). The primary decay mode before the most abundant ... It produces gamma rays at two energy levels: 1.17 MeV and 1.33 ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- at the age of 15, Maria was depleted of energy and was sent to the countryside ... eventually give off enough of its own energy to disintegrate and reduce ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- 87Sr is radiogenic—it is produced by the decay of a radioactive isotope ... *The isotope 90Sr is one of the best long-lived, high-energy beta ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- able to contain particles with such a high energy. The origin of cosmic rays ... Observations have shown that cosmic rays with an energy above 10 GeV ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- between them. It is also called high energy physics, because many elementary ... in three generations of increasing energy, and their corresponding ...16 KB (2,386 words) - 08:56, 18 November 2022
- 40Ca (calcium-40) (88.8 percent) by beta decay. The half-life of 40K is ... The decay of 40K to 40Ar is the basis for a commonly used method for ...18 KB (2,538 words) - 05:52, 30 November 2022
- heat source in the form of radioactive decay, which was unknown at the time. ... not others. By the process of radioactive decay of radioactive isotopes occurring ...34 KB (5,149 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- high-power (terawatt scale), high-energy (megajoules) multiple beam systems for inertial confinement fusion. == Precautions == Neodymium metal ...12 KB (1,578 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- In general terms, geothermal energy is thermal energy (the energy ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- reactions also often liberate sufficient energy to ignite the hydrogen and ... single electron requires considerably more energy than removal of the outer ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- This process requires a large amount of energy and anoxic (oxygen-free) ... fertilizers, animal waste, or organic decay (as the product of bacteria ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- thermal equilibrium should have the same energy, leading to the theory of ... Planck had then to assume that the energy of the oscillators in the ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- means that it is produced by the action of high-energy cosmic rays on the nuclei of target atoms. In the case of 41Ca, it is produced by neutron activation ...18 KB (2,626 words) - 18:21, 25 November 2023
- radiation (alpha, beta, or gamma, and the energy), its consequent capacity ... Not all types of electromagnetic radiation are carcinogenic. Low-energy ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
