natural gamma-ray spectrometry
1Gamma spectroscopy — The gamma ray spectrum of natural uranium, showing about a dozen discrete lines superimposed on a smooth continuum, allows the identification the nuclides 226Ra, 214Pb, and 214Bi of the uranium decay chain. Gamma ray spectroscopy is the… …
2X-ray photoelectron spectrometry — Spectrométrie de fluorescence X Pour les articles homonymes, voir SFX, FX et XRF. Un spectromètre de fluorescence X Philips PW1606 avec manutention automatiq …
3X-ray crystallography — can locate every atom in a zeolite, an aluminosilicate with many important applications, such as water purification. X ray crystallography is a method of determining the arrangement of atoms within a crystal, in which a beam of X rays strikes a… …
4moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …
5Moon — /moohn/, n. Sun Myung /sun myung/, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. * * * Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi (384,400 km). It is less… …
6Uranium mining — The Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia …
7Lunar water — Composite image of the Moon s south polar region, captured by NASA s Clementine probe over two lunar days. Permanently shadowed areas could harbour water ice. Lunar water is water that is present on the Moon. Liquid water cannot persist at the… …
8Logging while drilling — (LWD) is a technique of measuring geologic formation properties in real time while drilling an oil well.DescriptionLogging while drilling, along with measurement while drilling systems provide wellbore directional surveys, petrophysical well logs …
9radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
10analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …
