beta particle in English
When it decays it emits a beta particle and a gamma ray, leaving behind a protactinium - 234 atom.
Use "beta particle" in a sentence
1. Radioactive medical waste tends to contain beta particle and gamma ray emitters.
2. Helium-6 decays by emitting a beta particle and has a half-life of 0.8 seconds.
3. This conversion of energy from beta particle to Bremsstrahlung is quite inefficient, but, when therapeutic doses of beta particles are administered, sufficient radiation escapes
4. Scientific equipment for use in radioactivity, fission products, alpha particle, beta particle and gamma emission applications and for use in monitoring and contamination determination
5. The Bremsstrahlung is a continuous spectrum of X-ray photons that originates within the transforming atoms and can be attributed to the sudden change of nuclear charge when the beta particle is emitted or when an orbital electron is captured (Evans, 1972).