Category: Radiation

NASA's Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket we've ever built. SLS will enable astronauts to begin their journey to explore destinations far into the solar system.NASA's Space…

Iodine is needed to make essential thyroid hormones. These are used by the body for growth and energy use, as well as brain and bone development during pregnancy and early…

But what's normal for Tokyo? It's about 0.126 mSv, which means on that day, for a few hours, the background level of radiation was 2.5 mSv, equivalent to about half…

mA and kV. • Tube milliamperage (mA) –rate of x-ray production. • Kilovoltage (kV) –number of x-rays produced. What is mA in radiography? mAs. Milliamperes (mA) is a unit representing…

What are 10 causes of climate change? Top 10 Causes Of Global WarmingOverfishing. Fish is one of humans main sources of protein and a lot of the world now rely…

electromagnetic radiation, in classical physics, the flow of energy at the universal speed of light through free space or through a material medium in the form of the electric and…

Alpha decay occurs most often in massive nuclei that have too large a proton to neutron ratio. An alpha particle, with its two protons and two neutrons, is a very…

Four types of nuclear radiation exist within a reactor: alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron.Mar 31, 2011 What type of radiation do nuclear reactors produce? Radiation particularly associated with nuclear medicine…

His powers have been reigned in from the preposterous Silver Age, but he is still a largely unstoppable force. In most eras, Superman could do backstrokes on the sun's surface…

Electrons can gain energy by interacting with photons. If a photon has an energy at least as big as the work function, the photon energy can be transferred to the…