Ionizing radiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ionizing radiation consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that are energetic enough to detach electrons from atoms or molecules, ionizing them. The occurrence of ionization depends ...
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Industrial gauges and instruments containing concentrated beta-emitting radiation sources can be lost, stolen, or abandoned. If these instruments then enter the scrap metal market, or someone finds one, the sources they contain can expose people to beta emitters.
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www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/understand/beta.html
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The radiation one typically encounters is one of four types: alpha radiation, beta radiation, gamma radiation, and x radiation. Neutron radiation is also encountered in nuclear power plants and high-altitude flight and is emitted from some industrial radioactive sources.
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In most instances license requirements impose leak-testing criteria associated with the use of sealed sources. ... The beta radiation can be effectively stopped by 1 cm of Lucite, and if you take a measurement (#1) at a location 1 cm or slightly more from the place where you have already made measurements, and then make...
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Beta radiation consists of electrons. Just those electrons, which normally flow through a copper wire, when you switch on your lamp or radio. But when it is output from an atomic nucleus, it is kicked off with high energy and penetrates organic material without problems.
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www.bionet.schule.de/radiodata/threetypes.html
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In general, the dosemeters currently used for personal monitoring of beta and low energy photon doses suffer from an energy threshold problem because the detector and/or filter is too thick.
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rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/4/241
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BETA PARTICLES Beta particles are fast moving electrons which are negatively charged. Beta radiation can penetrate a few millimeters in human tissue before losing all of its energy. Iodine-131, phosphorus-32, and strontium-90 are all sources of beta radiation.
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www.doh.wa.gov/hanford/publications/health/glossary.htm
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This study was conducted as a continuation of efforts by the U.S. Army General Equipment Test Activity to more accurately evaluate the wear resistance of military fabrics. ... It was concluded that a scanning device using a beta radiation source, radiation counter and recorder, can provide a permanent record of distribution...
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Direct stenting versus direct stenting followed by centered beta-radiation with intravascular ultrasound-guided dosimetry and long-term anti-platelet treatment: Results of a randomized trial: Beta-radiation Investigation with Direct stenting and Galileo in Europe (BRIDGE);
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