What is the beta particle?
Beta particle is a form of ionizing radiation related to other common forms of radiation, alpha particles and gamma rays. Beta particles are high -speed electron or positron released from a degenerating radioactive core. Being moderately energy and low matter are beta particles one of the least harmful forms of radiation, but still a very important health problem. Beta emiters include Strontium-90, potassium-40, technetium-99, tritium and carbon-14.
Beta particles have equivalent properties for electrons, but much higher energy than typical core -oriented electrons. Although beta particles are not radioactive in themselves, they cause damage to ballistically, break chemical ties and create ions that damage tissue. The cause of beta emissions is an excess of neutrons in the atomic core. When there are significantly more neutrons than protons in the nucleus, neutrons degenerate into protons and electrons that are drained from the cores at high speeds. This increases the atomic number of atoms and also increases itsStability, an example of natural atomic alchemy, which leads to a new type of atom. In 1900 he showed that the beta particles, before they were expected to differ from electrons, were actually the same. The fact that beta particles were clearly treated before 1900 is probably part of the reason why they have their name rather than called "energy electrons" or something similar.
Like other radioactive substances, radioisotope thermoelectric generators are used by beta particle emitters used to power space probes, not to mention distant Russian majors. In fact, these beacons are an important interest in the environment because they contain more strontium than what was released in the Chernobyl fire.
Tritium and phosphor-32 are weak beta emitors that are used for commercial applications such as radiotracery and glow in dark color. Tritium is producedThe neutron bombing of lithium and has such low radioactivity that Geiger's counter cannot detect his presence. Sometimes tritium gets into the water, in which case patients are told to drink 10 pints of beer or water daily to wash the system.