Beta Radiation Animation

Watch beta decay occur for a collection of nuclei or for an individual nucleus.

Beta radiation animation. Watch this video to learn more about alpha beta and gamma rays and how they work. These 4 animations will aid in the teaching of radioactivity. Consequently the penetration depth of alpha particles is very small compared to the. The scientific designation is the greek alphabet letter.

See this and over 140 engineering technology simulation videos at http. The emission of gamma photons is a secondary reaction that occurs a few thousandths of a second after the disintegration. The production of beta particles is called beta decay. Electrons and positrons which make up beta particles are antiparticles of each other.

Adapted from radiation radior iaea european commission. Alpha radiation and beta radiation are made up of streams of charged particles alpha particles and beta particles. Gamma radiation is an electromagnetic wave. For the moment well say that alpha and beta radiation consist of tiny particles much smaller than an atom.

A beta particle also called beta ray or beta radiation symbol b is a high energy high speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus during the process of beta decaythere are two forms of beta decay b decay and b decay which produce electrons and positrons respectively. Beta particles with an energy of 05 mev have a range of about one metre. Mass of alpha beta and gamma radiation. Beta radiation is a light weight high energy high speed near the speed of light short range particle being either an ejected electron or positron.

Additionally its double charge 2e makes an alpha particle have a very high rate of energy loss in matter thus making it heavily ionizing radiation. Animation giving an idea of the relative size and speed of alpha beta and gamma radiation. For a given energy alpha particles are much slower than beta particles giving rise to greater impulses. An alpha particle is a helium ion an atom that has lost two electrons.

Beta and gamma radiation animation replay animation. A blender animation showing the transformation from a neutron to a proton during beta decay. Beta particles are a form of ionizing radiation.