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Meaning of "beta particles"

beta particles: high-energy, high-speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei
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And beta particles and gamma rays.
Irradiation by the emitted beta particles from.
Beta particles are high energy electrons or positrons.
This is different to alpha and beta particles.
Beta particles are stopped by a few millimetres of aluminium.
The production of beta particles is termed beta decay.
Beta particles are generally faster than alpha particles.
They discovered that beta particles were negatively charged.
Beta particles can penetrate just a little further.
Gamma radiation and beta particles.
Beta particles are years of radiocarbon decay.
The electron or positron emissions are called beta particles.
Beta particles are able to travel further.
The particles emitted in beta decay are beta particles.
Beta particles can go through a centimetre or two of living tissue.

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Utilized the deflection of beta particles by gold foil.
Beta particles have greater ability to penetrate the skin.
Properties of beta particles include.
Beta particles are electrons that are emitted from an unstable nucleus.
These sources may also emit alpha or beta particles.
Beta particles move at a speed near the speed of light.
Alpha particles and beta particles have low penetrating power.
Beta particles consist of electrons that move extremely fast.
Gamma rays are much more penetrating than alpha or beta particles.
Two beta particles are emitted for each alpha particle.
Alpha particles are helium nuclei and beta particles are fast moving electrons.
Most beta particles are electrons but they may also be positrons.
Rutherford called them alpha and beta particles and gamma rays.
Beta particles are a lot smaller and carry a single bad charge.
The second important effect is caused by the high energy beta particles.
Beta particles penetrate matter more effectively than alpha particles.
The counts readout is normally used when alpha or beta particles are being detected.
Beta particles are produced when an electron is expelled by radioactive elements as they decay.
Radium radionuclides emit alpha and beta particles as well as gamma rays.
Alpha and beta particles are harmful once inside the body.
And the bodies of his family are showing high concentrations of beta particles.
Beta particles are also used in some forms of therapy to kill cancer cells.
Gamma radiation frequently accompanies the emission of alpha and beta particles.
Alpha and beta particles are the main concern for internal exposure.
The radium decay series yields a spectrum of beta particles with a wide range of energies.
Beta particles are electrons emitted from the nuclei of many fission products.
The work involved bombarding beta particles with an alpha target negative against positive.
Beta particles will penetrate up to several millimetres of plywood and several metres in air.
These clearly have a much greater penetrating power than the original beta particles.
Radioactive beta particles can only penetrate half an inch into living tissue.
These measurements offered the first hint that beta particles have a continuous spectrum.
Beta particles can not travel very far from their radioactive source.
External radiation exposure from beta particles or gamma rays can also present a health risk.
Beta particles will penetrate the skin but can be blocked with a thin layer of aluminum.
For this reason they are sometimes called beta particles and sometimes called beta radiation.

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