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Parent topics
- Ionizing radiation [r]: Subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that are energetic enough to detach electrons from atoms or molecules, ionizing them. [e]
- Alpha particle [r]: helium nucleus; particle of charge 2e and mass 4 u. [e]
- Beta particle [r]: A high-energy electron or positron emitted, along with a neutrino, by the decay of an atomic nucleus; a form of ionizing radiation [e]
- Neutron [r]: An elementary particle of neutral charge, normally found in the nucleus of chemical elements, but having significant effects when in free flight; the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an element defines its identity as an isotope [e]
- X-ray [r]: An ionizing type of electromagnetic radiation whose absorption or diffraction often used for structural investigations of matter. [e]
- Gamma ray [r]: Penetrating, high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei during nuclear decay. [e]
Subtopics
Detectors
- Ionization detector [r]: A device whose filler changes conductivity, in a measurable way, when struck by ionizing radiation [e]
- Geiger-Mueller tube [r]: Ionization detectors built around a gas-filled metal tube, with a wire charged to approximately +1000 volts down the center of the tube [e]
- Excitation detector [r]: A device or material that emits some form of visible light when struck by ionizing radiation of certain types and energy levels [e]
- Thermoluminescent dosimeter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scintillating material [r]: A material that emits distinct bursts of light when struck by ionizing radiation of certain types and energies [e]
- Solid-state radiation detector [r]: As opposed to scintillating materials, a substance that, when hit by ionizing radiation, produces electrical energy rather than visible light [e]
- Cadmium zinc telluride [r]: (CdZnTe) A semiconductor that, in response to X-rays and gamma rays, directly produces electrical signals rather than the visible light of scintillating materials [e]
- Chemical radiation detection [r]: Add brief definition or description
Instruments and techniques
- Film badge [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gamma spectrometry [r]: Methods in nuclear chemistry and radiation analysis that measure the characteristics of quanta of gamma rays from a source; the analysis is not direct on the gammas, but typically on an effect caused by them, such as the rates and energy distribution of specific gamma quanta impacting on a scintillating material and producing light to be measured [e]
- Geiger counter [r]: Instrument for measuring ionizing radiation, built around a Geiger-Mueller tube, electronics for powering it and counting ionization events, and possibly filters to adjust the energy and type of radiation hitting the detector tube [e]
- Portable ionization detector [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Scintillometer [r]: Add brief definition or description
Imaging devices that use radioactivity
- Radiology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nuclear medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anger camera [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Single photon emission computed tomography [r]: Add brief definition or description
- X-ray computed tomography [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Positron emission tomography [r]: Add brief definition or description