ionizing effect
1Ionizing 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 …
2Ionizing 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… …
3Skin effect — Skin depth redirects here. For the depth (layers) of biological/organic skin, see skin. Skin effect is the tendency of an alternating electric current (AC) to distribute itself within a conductor with the current density being largest near the… …
4Lazarus 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 …
5Malter 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… …
6Radiography — 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… …
7Geiger 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… …
8Geiger 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 …
9radiation — 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… …
10poison — 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.… …
