beta particle
Nuclear emission product
A beta particle is an electron or positron emitted from an atomic nucleus during radioactive decay.
Beta particles penetrate matter more deeply than alpha particles but less than gamma rays.
They're used in medical treatments and industrial applications: The Geiger counter detected beta particles from the sample.
Electron's antimatter counterpart
- antineutrinoAntimatter counterpart of neutrino
- neutrinoUncharged, near-massless particle
- transmutationComplete change of form
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
tritium · carbon-14 · weak force · Fermi · radioactive
Fundamental particle without strong interactions
- fermionHalf-integer spin particle
- subatomicSmaller than atoms
- weak forceFundamental interaction causing radioactive decay
- W bosonCharged weak force carrier
chirality · spin · charge · antiparticle · quantum · conservation laws · wavefunction
Hydrogen's radioactive isotope
- carbon-14Radioactive isotope for dating
- strontium-90Radioactive isotope from fission
- cesium-137Radioactive fission byproduct
- potassium-40Naturally radioactive potassium isotope
Ionizing radiation detector
- scintillationRapid light variation
- dosimeterExposure measurement device
- cloud chamberRadiation visualization apparatus
- bubble chamberParticle physics detection vessel
Charge acquisition process
- penetrationEntry into something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- radiobiologyStudy of radiation's biological effects
dose · exposure · range · attenuation · scatter · gamma rays · alpha particles · radiation damage
Power from movement
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- mass-energyUnified physical substance
- relativisticConcerning high-speed physics
speed · acceleration · trajectory · range · stopping power · energy loss
Medical radiation for cancer
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy
- radiopharmaceuticalMedicinal radioactive substance
- brachytherapyLocalized implanted radiation oncology
- palliative careRelief-focused medicine for illness
positron
Electron's antimatter counterpart
- antineutrinoAntimatter counterpart of neutrino
- neutrinoUncharged, near-massless particle
- transmutationComplete change of form
half-life · tritium · carbon-14 · weak force · Fermi · radioactive
lepton
Fundamental particle without strong interactions
- fermionHalf-integer spin particle
- subatomicSmaller than atoms
- weak forceFundamental interaction causing radioactive decay
W boson · chirality · spin · charge · antiparticle · quantum · conservation laws · wavefunction
tritium
Hydrogen's radioactive isotope
- carbon-14Radioactive isotope for dating
- strontium-90Radioactive isotope from fission
- cesium-137Radioactive fission byproduct
potassium-40 · iodine-131 · cobalt-60 · uranium-238 · plutonium-239
Geiger counter
Ionizing radiation detector
- scintillationRapid light variation
- dosimeterExposure measurement device
- cloud chamberRadiation visualization apparatus
bubble chamber · spectrometer · spectroscopy · background radiation
ionization
Charge acquisition process
- penetrationEntry into something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- absorptionProcess of taking in
radiobiology · dose · exposure · range · attenuation · scatter · gamma rays · alpha particles · radiation damage · aluminum shielding
kinetic energy
Power from movement
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- mass-energyUnified physical substance
relativistic · speed · acceleration · trajectory · range · stopping power · energy loss
radiotherapy
Medical radiation for cancer
- cancer treatmentMedical intervention for malignancy
- radiopharmaceuticalMedicinal radioactive substance
- brachytherapyLocalized implanted radiation oncology
palliative care · tracer · nuclear medicine · targeted therapy
- atomic physicsatom, atoms, atomic nucleus, atomic number, atomic mass
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, uranium
- particleselectrons, protons, proton, neutrons, neutron
- nuclear physicsnuclear energy, fission, nuclear fission, neutron, proton
- beta decayantineutrino, neutrino, weak force, W boson, decay rate
- electrons
beta particlealpha particle
Ionizing emission from decay
alpha ray · gamma ray · gamma radiation · alpha radiation · cosmic ray
beta particlepositron
Electron's antimatter counterpart