beta radiation

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Noun

beta radiation - radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay

ionizing radiation - high-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes

corpuscular radiation, particulate radiation - a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons)

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Betastrahlung

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"Doctors caught them in the hallway, and they confessed that the beta radiation was off the scale."

Russian 'doomsday weapon' victim blasted with radiation '1000 times lethal dose'; An unnamed diver died of suspected radiation poisoning following a blast at a military base in the Russian Arctic

If the beta radiation source is too thick, the electrons it emits cannot escape it.

Prototype Nuclear Battery Packs 10 Times More Power

The activated nickel nucleus emits two gamma ray photons with energies of 1.17 mega-electron volts (MeV) and 1.33 MeV,5-7 resulting in an average beam energy of 1.25 MeV and the soft beta radiation is simply filtered out by approximately 0.16 mm of steel sheet.

Radiation absorbed dose for cobalt-60 gamma source in phantoms for different materials

THERMOLAST M compounds can conform to cleanroom processing standards andcan be sterilized using standard techniques such as gamma or beta radiation, ethylene oxide or steam.

KRAIBURG TPE: Medical/Pharmaceutical Compounds

Park and Joo developed an underwater beta radiation monitoring sensor using a CaF2 : Eu, YAG:Ce, YAP: Ce scintillator [5].

Development and Comparison of Fiber-Optic Beta Radiation Sensors with Different Diameters of Their Sensing Probes

Also, there was no beta radiation in the surrounding areas, they said.

False radiation alarm triggers frenzy at IGI

iv) The operation or data loss will not happen for a long time, even by dangerous alpha and beta radiation.

Compatibility of Anfis controller and FPGA in solar power generation for a domestic oad/Compatibilidade de Anfis controller e FPGA em geracao de energia solar para uma ocupacao domestica

The nuclear medicine/radiopharmaceuticals global market by type is segmented into diagnostics which includes SPECT and PET and therapeutics, which include alpha radiation therapy, beta radiation therapy and brachytherapy.

IQ4I Research & Consultancy Published a New Report on "Nuclear Medicine/Radiopharmaceuticals Global Market - Forecast to 2022"

The intracavitary irradiation approach is achieved using beta radiation emitting radioisotopes such as [sup.90]Y, [sup.186]Re, and [sup.32]P applied into the cyst using stereotactic or neuroendoscopic approaches [4, 10, 11].

Intracavitary irradiation as a safe alternative for cystic craniopharyngiomas: case report and review of the literature

Beta radiation is a particulate radiation consisting of high-speed electrons, which are rapidly attenuated by biological tissues (2 MeV beta particles have a range of only 1cm in water) (LOMMATZSCH, 1977; REBHUN, 1990; KIRWAN et al., 2003; DONALDSON et al., 2006).

Beta therapy with [sup.90]strontium as single modality therapy for canine squamous cell carcinoma in third eyelid/Betaterapia com estroncio-90 como modalidade unica de terapia para o carcinoma de celulas escamosas na terceira palpebra em caes

Adjunctive beta radiation applied during and following surgery was introduced, and became standard of care, in 2002.