ionizing effect

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• Ionizing radiation — consists of highly energetic particles or waves that can detach (ionize) at least one electron from an atom or molecule. Ionizing ability depends on the energy of the impinging individual particles or waves, and not on their number. A large flood …   Wikipedia

• Ionizing radiation units — Radiation Measurement Units International System (SI) Activity of an isotope or material conventional unit: 1 curie = 37 billion disintegrations per second. SI unit: 1 becquerel = 1 disintegration per secondconversions1 curie (Ci) = 37… …   Wikipedia

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• Lazarus effect — When using semiconductor detectors in harsh radiation environments, defects begin to appear in the semiconductor crystal lattice as atoms become displaced because of the interaction with the high energy traversing particles. These defects, in the …   Wikipedia

• Malter effect — The Malter effect is named after Zachary Malter, who first described the effect. Following exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., electrons, ions, X rays, extreme ultraviolet, vacuum ultraviolet), secondary electron emission from the surface of a… …   Wikipedia

• Radiography — For medical radiography see: RadiologyRadiography is the use of X rays to view unseen or hard to image objects. The main diagnostic purposes of X rays are to see inside ones body, especially of the brain and fetus, where the bones can be viewed… …   Wikipedia

• Geiger counter — Gei·ger count·er gī gər .kau̇n tər n an instrument for detecting the presence and intensity of radiations (as cosmic rays or particles from a radioactive substance) by means of the ionizing effect on an enclosed gas which results in a pulse that… …   Medical dictionary

• Geiger counter — noun Etymology: Hans Geiger died 1945 German physicist Date: 1924 an instrument for detecting the presence and intensity of radiations (as cosmic rays or particles from a radioactive substance) by means of their ionizing effect on an enclosed gas …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …   Universalium

• radiation measurement — ▪ technology Introduction       technique for detecting the intensity and characteristics of ionizing radiation, such as alpha, beta, and gamma rays or neutrons, for the purpose of measurement.       The term ionizing radiation refers to those… …   Universalium