radioactivity in English

noun
1
the emission of ionizing radiation or particles caused by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei.
Early studies of radioactivity revealed that certain atomic nuclei were naturally radioactive.

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1. Overburden had concealed the radioactivity.

2. See Radioactivity Alpha (α) particle:

3. Curie is a unit of radioactivity

4. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896

5. Radioactivity is a special quality of radium.

6. The amounts of radioactivity present were infinitesimal.

7. We have to learn to control radioactivity.

8. Becquerel – Unit of Radioactivity The SI unit for measuring the amount of radioactivity is the Becquerel (symbol Bq). The Becquerel is named in honour of Henri Becquerel, a French physicist who discovered radioactivity in 1896

9. He says there's more radioactivity in the environment.

10. Workers were exposed to high levels of radioactivity.

11. As the uranium reacts its radioactivity produces unstable atoms.

12. Becquerel and Curie are the units of radioactivity

13. Method and device for accurate dispensing of radioactivity

14. The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity.

15. Naturally occurring samarium has a radioactivity of 128 Bq/g.

16. 11 The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity.

17. Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity by using uranium in 1896.

18. This is a conversion chart for Becquerel (SI radioactivity units)

19. (metrology) An SI unit of radioactivity equal to 1015 Becquerels

20. Hot spots of radioactivity were found near the power station.

21. N0080 Natural radioactivity Atmospheric radioactivity which originates from cosmic rays, gamma radiation from the soil and from atmospheric radon, thoron, actinon and their decomposition products.

22. The soil contains 30 times the acceptable level of radioactivity.

23. The government claims that background radioactivity is well below international norms.

24. After 40 years its radioactivity drops by 99.9%, though it still takes over a thousand years for the level of radioactivity to approach that of natural uranium.

25. The accident caused the release of radioactivity into the atmosphere.

26. However, its radioactivity is a major problem in safe catalytic applications.

27. Several chemical elements decay with age, producing radioactivity in the process.

28. Electricity and radioactivity have little in common and do not resonate.

29. According to received wisdom, exposure to low level radioactivity is harmless.

30. RAdiation SAFETY MANUAL (REVISED JANUARY 2017) 3 RADIOACTIVITY Radioactivity is the spontaneous emission of charged particles or photons by an atomic nucleus that is in an unstable configuration

31. If we had a counter, we could measure the alpha scatter — radioactivity.

32. These particles emit alpha-radioactivity, which is particularly aggressive towards living tissue.

33. One curie is equal to the radioactivity of one gram of radium.

34. A dangerous amount of radioactivity was released into the environment last month.

35. In the ocean, what is the common point between oil, plastic and radioactivity?

36. Named after Antoine-Henri Becquerel, French Nobel Laureate, who discoverered of radioactivity.

37. Therefore, knowing the number of Becquerels of a source of radioactivity is insufficient

38. Examination and measurement of alpha, beta, neutron-gamma radioactivity of goods and sites

39. Owing to its scarcity, high price and radioactivity, actinium has no significant industrial use.

40. The abundance of the new elements can then be analyzed by their radioactivity.

41. Monitoring of radioactivity in the environment : developing real-time systems to collect, validate, map and report on European scale information on environmental radioactivity; developing analytical techniques and producing the corresponding reference materials.

42. Becquerels is a measure of radioactivity - how many decays are there per unit time

43. Approximately 86% of the radioactivity was found in the carcass after 24-48 hours.

44. They argued that only a negligible rise in atmosphere radioactivity resulted from the test.

45. Since the discovery of radioactivity , man has substantially added to his natural radiation burden .

46. Because its strong radioactivity, Actinium glows in the dark with a pale blue light

47. It is the product of radioactive decay ( see radioactivity ) and is used in helium dating.

48. The level of radioactivity in the soil was found to be above recommended limits.

49. Uniform absorption was achieved once the translocatable radioactivity reached the medullary conducting cells (sieve filaments).

50. Radioactivity was found to cross the placenta following oral administration of labeled doxazosin to pregnant rats