Category: Radiation

The scanner is open at the back and the front, allowing you to see out. The technologist will always be able to see and hear you during your exam. You…

Releases from the Fukushima reactors have included dozens of radioactive elements, but with regard to materials released into the ocean, most of the attention has been on three radioactive isotopes…

Radioactivity occurs naturally in all food. Natural radioactivity can be transferred into food in different ways, such as: into crops from rocks and minerals present in the soil. drinking water…

It doesn't really help, they charge. Several major medical and science groups say that lead shielding may harm the quality of the scans. It may even lead some X-ray machines…

They used radium as the source of the alpha-particle beam to bombard a thin foil of gold. Geiger later informed Rutherford that they could see the occasional deflection by greater…

The Minuteman III began development in 1964 and entered service in 1970 with a force of 550 missiles. The United States usually conducts two or more tests of the Minuteman…

What tool is used to study Mars? Spectrometers. The Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer is called APXS for short. When it is placed right next to a rock or soil surface,…

The radiation levels offshore of Fukushima have dropped in the years since, but some of the reactors there are still leaking. And over the last decade, TEPCO has continued to…

What keeps the Sun from collapsing under its own gravity? Hydro static Equilibrium (Gravitational): The outward push of gas pressure balances the inward pull of gravity. -Keeps the sun's core…

There is no health threat from ionization smoke detectors as long as the detector is not damaged and used as directed. Do not tamper with your smoke detectors, as it…