gamma radiation

See also: Gamma Ray

created by dotc

(thing) by BioTech (6.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Jun 12 2002 at 14:51:50

Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths of 1 nanometer or shorter. These are highly energized, deeply penetrating photons which can be emitted from an atomic nucleus during nuclear fission (the splitting of an atom) and during regular atomic decay (radioactivity).

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

Irradiator	Cloud chamber	The Incredible Hulk	radioactive decay
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy	Gamma Ray	gamma ray burst	Gamma rays
The Enterprise Incident	Nuclear Bunker for the United States Congress	alpha radiation	Rick Jones
Why I'm glad the space shuttle blew up	Teller light	HZE particle	biotech
alpha particles	Electromagnetics	Flooded Member Detection	Bremsstrahlung radiation
alpha particle	GBH	Radium	The Triple Alpha Process

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