Differentiating Alpha, Beta and Gama Waves

If you have a stream of radiation, how do you determine what types of radiation it is made up of?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Ernest
• Rutherford
• chemistry
• radiation
• alpha
• beta
• gamma
• positive
• negative
• charge
• fluorescent
• electron

[Rasmusa1]

What about Beta +

[Hendorr]

@Rasmusa1 Cool question. If a positron were allowed to pass through the magnetic field in the same manner as the other types of radiation, it makes sense that it would be deflected exactly opposite to how the electron was deflected, because the two have opposite charges and the same masses. However, this would require the positron to pass through air, which would cause annihilation, as an electron in air would combine with the positron, and both would disappear.

[Rasmusa1]

@Hendorr Cool answer

[Hendorr]

@segenist I can assure you, the science is right.

[Chapterhappy]

MAKE SOOOO MUCH SENSE

[tubestick00]

ernest rutherford was a new zealander. its on the other side of the world from brittain. he's on our 50 dollar notes. i think people mistake him for brittish because he was made a lord and that sounds brittish

[krab2570]

Good information but dissapointing that the first sentence is incorrect; Earnest Rutherford was not british he was from New Zealand.

[Rasmusa1]

@Hendorr

hmm... i am not sure i understand everything. But i sounds fair :D

[BlackRoseDragon732]

thx

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