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- overseen by the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Argonne National ... H. Higgins, Glenn T. Seaborg (from the Radiation Laboratory and Department ...7 KB (998 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- Radioactive decay is the process by which an excited, unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation in the form of particles or ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- particles (later named the Van Allen radiation belt), trapped by the earth’s ... to test a theory about the formation of radiation belts that may have tactical ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- plasma, as well as electromagnetic radiation. Hypothetically, it also ... becomes insignificant when compared to radiation pressure from the sun and ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- neutron star, which emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays to radio ... The Crab Nebula acts as a source of radiation for studying celestial ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- subjecting berkelium to intense neutron radiation in a nuclear reactor. ... and brain cancers, in cases where other radiation therapy is ineffective. ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- nuclear reactors and as a shield against radiation from radioactive materials. ... in nuclear reactors, as a shield against radiation and in neutron detection. ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation that could damage living ... ozone layer that absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun—radiation ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- are radioactive. As a source of beta radiation, it is used in thickness ... * Beta radiation source for thickness gauges. * Light source for signals ...11 KB (1,429 words) - 23:55, 1 December 2022
- #039;s climate, based on the amount of radiation they reflect and absorb ... so that the intensity of the solar radiation decreases with depth into ...17 KB (2,628 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- In modern physics, the photon is the elementary particle responsible for electromagnetic phenomena. It is the carrier of electromagnetic radiation ...34 KB (4,943 words) - 20:26, 27 September 2023
- X-rays (or Röntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies ...25 KB (3,822 words) - 14:14, 20 May 2023
- logic gates in electronic devices; for radiation and particle detectors; ... are also used as large volume ionizing radiation detectors and as photodetectors ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- climate is the constant ultra violet radiation that streams into the ocean from the Antarctic ozone hole. As the ozone hole continues to expand ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- Marie correctly maintained that the radiation emanating from them was ... by their joint researches on the ionizing radiation phenomena discovered by ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 04:14, 6 November 2022
- as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state ...5 KB (683 words) - 23:20, 31 August 2023
- The Earth's atmosphere is opaque to ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, and gamma rays, and partially opaque to infrared radiation. Therefore ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- the existence of electromagnetic radiation waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect them. His discovery was a key step on the path ...14 KB (2,191 words) - 09:31, 25 June 2024
- that is approximately water equivalent for use in radiation therapy dosimetry. Anthracenes emission spectrum peaks at between 400nm and 440nm. ...4 KB (576 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- light; diamonds also emit light under X-ray radiation. Crude oil (petroleum ... where { k}_{ f} is the rate of spontaneous emission of radiation and ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
