Radiation Vocabulary
Across
- 2. nuclear fission reaction in which an alpha particle is emitted
- 5. the antiparticle of electron, identical to an electron in mass and magnitude, but with a positive charge
- 7. total number of leptons, in this case electrons adn neutrinos, is conserved
- 10. lepton with a charge of e
- 11. total number of baryons, in this case neutrons and protons, is conserved
- 12. class of nuclei characterized by total numbe rof nucleons and protons
- 13. nuclear reaction in which a beta particle is emitted
- 14. lepton with no charge
- 17. nucleus of a helium atom
- 18. nuclear reaction in which at least two nuclei form a nucleus with mass larger than either
- 19. energy required to seperate a system into its consituents; in this case a nucleus into its constituent atoms
- 20. lepton with charge of electron
- 21. elapsed time for the decay of one-half a smaple of unstable nuclides
Down
- 1. subatomic particle composed of three quarks
- 3. reactant and products of a nuclear decay
- 4. subatomic particle not composed of quarks
- 6. lepton with chrage of anti-electron
- 8. baryon with a charge of +e
- 9. with any change in mass there is an associated change in energy
- 15. rate of nuclear decay
- 16. decay nuclear reaction in which a photon with a wavelenth in the gamma range is emitted
- 22. nuclear reaction in which at least one daughter nuclide has a mass smaller than the parent