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Nuclear & particle physics
Of or realting to the field of physics that involves the properties and interactions of atomic nuclei.
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Nuclear & particle physics
fission products
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
Nuclei formed by the fission of heavy elements. They are of medium atomic weight and almost all are radioactive. Examples: strontium-90, cesium-137.
gamma ray
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
A highly penetrating type of nuclear radiation, similar to x-radiation, except that it comes from within the nucleus of an atom, and, in general, has a shorter wavelength.
geiger counter
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
A Geiger-Müller detector and measuring instrument. It contains a gas-filled tube which discharges electrically when ionizing radiation passes through it and a device that records the events.
generator
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
A cow-a system containing a parent-daughter set of radioisotopes in which the parent decays through a daughter to a stable isotope. The daughter is a different element from that of the parent, and, ...
genetic effect
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
Effect that can be transferred from parent to offspring.
gonad
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
One of the primary sex glands. For example: ovaries, testes.
half-life
Physics; Nuclear & particle physics
The time in which half the atoms of a particular radioactive nuclide disintegrate. The half-life is a characteristic property of each radioactive isotope.
