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nikklg [1K]
3 years ago
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Describe beta and gamma radiation ​

Chemistry
2 answers:
vovikov84 [41]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Alpha radiation is the name for the emission of an alpha particle in fact an helium nuclei, beta radiation is the emission of electrons or positrons , and gamma radiation is the term used for the emission of energetic photons.

Explanation:

Gamma Radiation

Frequently, gamma ray production accompanies nuclear reactions of all types. In the alpha decay of U-238, two gamma rays of different energies are emitted in addition to the alpha particle.

U92238→He24+Th90234+2γ00(17.3.4)

Virtually all of the nuclear reactions in this chapter also emit gamma rays, but for simplicity the gamma rays are generally not shown. Nuclear reactions produce a great deal more energy than chemical reactions. Chemical reactions release the difference between the chemical bond energy of the reactants and products, and the energies released have an order of magnitude of 1×103kJ/mol. Nuclear reactions release some of the binding energy and may convert tiny amounts of matter into energy. The energy released in a nuclear reaction has an order of magnitude of 1×1018kJ/mol. That means that nuclear changes involve almost a million times more energy per atom than chemical changes!

Beta radation

Beta radiation consists of high energy electrons emitted from the nucleus. These electrons have not come from the electron shells or energy levels around the nucleus. Instead, they form when a neutron splits into a proton and an electron.

Characteristics of Beta Radiation

Key characteristics of beta radiation are summarized in following points:

Beta particles are energetic electrons, they are relatively light and carry a single negative charge.

Their mass is equal to the mass of the orbital electrons with which they are interacting and unlike the alpha particle a much larger fraction of its kinetic energy can be lost in a single interaction.

Their path is not so straightforward. The beta particles follow a very zig-zag path through absorbing material. This resulting path of particle is longer than the linear penetration (range) into the material.

Since they have very low mass, beta particles reach mostly relativistic energies.

Beta particles also differ from other heavy charged particles in the fraction of energy lost by radiative process known as the bremsstrahlung. Therefore for high energy beta radiation shielding dense materials are inappropriate.

When the beta particle moves faster than the speed of light (phase velocity) in the material it generates a shock wave of electromagnetic radiation known as the Cherenkov radiation.

The beta emission has the continuous spectrum.

A 1 MeV beta particle can travel approximately 3.5 meters in air.

Due to the presence of the bremsstrahlung low atomic number (Z) materials are appropriate as beta particle shields.

aniked [119]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

"<u>Alpha radiation is the name for the emission of an alpha particle</u> in fact an helium nuclei, beta radiation is the emission of electrons or positrons , and <u>gamma radiation is the term used for the emission of energetic photons</u>

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