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What happens when radiation interacts with the matter?

While the radiation propagates out from the nucleus, it interacts with other matter along its path. These interactions with external matter allow us to observe the radiation, and its effects, and to determine the nature of the transition inside the nucleus. This interaction of radiation with matter is also the cause of chemical, physical, and

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Radioactive Decays

Kinetics, Half-life and Equilibrium of Radioactive Decay: A learner\’s Approach

What is Radioactive Decay? Radioactive decay is a spontaneous nuclear transformation that has been shown to be unaffected by pressure, temperature, chemical form, etc (except a few very special cases). Radioactive decay involves a transition from a definite quantum state of the original nuclide to a definite quantum state of the product nuclide. Example of

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Special Nuclear Reactions

Special Nuclear Reactions: Basic Concepts

Special Nuclear Reactions 1. Neutron Induced Fission 2. Fusion 3. Photonuclear Reactions 4. Heavy Ion Reactions Neutron Induced Fission • A neutron is captured by heavy nuclide to form a compound nucleus • Compound nucleus then splits into two smaller fragments and emits two or three free neutrons along with 200 MeV of energy •

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Nuclear Reaction models

Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms Made Easy

Models for nulear reactions: No single reaction mechanism or model can explain all features of different types of nuclear reactions. Three well-known proposed mechanism of nuclear reactions are- 1. The optical model 2. Liquid-drop model or compound nucleus model 3. Direct interaction model The Optical Model of Nuclear Reaction This model uses the principle of

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nuclear, central, energy

Nuclear Reactions: Basic Concepts

Define Nuclear Reaction Reactions between an atomic nucleus and another particle are called nuclear reactions.  A typical nuclear reaction involves two reacting particles—a heavy target nucleus and a light bombarding particle—and produces two new particles— heavier product nucleus and  lighter ejected particle.                                     X   + a  ……………>  Y  + b                       ……………….(1) The notation for a nuclear

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solid waste collection

Solid Waste Management

Any unwanted or discarded material that are detrimental for environmental can be termed as solid waste. Solid waste management covers the control of solid waste generation, collection, storage, transport, processing, separation, recycling, recovery and purposeful disposal of solid waste. Usually, solid wastes management is handled by a municipal, city or town authorities. Major considerations of

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The knowledge that will make your ice cream superior: A scientific guide

The knowledge that will make your ice cream superior: A scientific guide

Ice cream is a popular desert among the people of all ages: Toddler to Grandpa or grandma. They are always sweet and eaten in frozen state. This post mainly focused the home user or small scale family owned individual business. I have noticed that most of the blogs that shares the ice cream recipe are

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