Nuclear & particle physics

Nuclear & particle physics

Of or realting to the field of physics that involves the properties and interactions of atomic nuclei.

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Ultraviolet light

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

Light with wavelength shorter than visible light, but longer than X-rays.

Transmutation

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

The transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

X-ray

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

Electromagnetic radiation used in medical diagnosis.

A subatomic particle in the nucleus of an atom with about the same mass as the neutron but carrying a positive charge. It has an electrical charge equivalent to the negative charge of an electron and ...

Radiation sickness

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

Sickness that results from high exposure to radiation received in a short time. Common symptoms include: nausea, fatigue, vomiting, loss of teeth and hair, and in more sever cases damage to blood ...

Radioactive decay

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

The spontaneous giving off of an alpha or beta particle or a gamma ray by a radioisotope. The change of one radioactive nuclide into a different nuclide by the spontaneous emission of alpha, beta, or ...

Radiation absorbed dose (RAD)

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

A measurement of the energy deposited in any material by ionising radiation. One rad is equal to the absorption of 100 ergs of energy in every gramme of the material exposed totheradiation.