Category Archives: Useful Terms

What Are Some Isotopes And What Are They Used For?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Camille

Iodine 131 by Beta is useful for Tx of thyroid cancer Technetium 99 for Numerous tracers: Diagnosis of bone cancer, monitoring cardiac output, diagnosis of thrombosis, study of liver disease, brain blood flow etc.

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Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Camille

Click here for a complete list of nuclear science terms:  http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm

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Acronyms of High-Energy Physics

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Camille

(Courtesy of FERMILAB) ALEPH: Apparatus for LEP PHysics, at CERN (Data taking completed in 2000). ALICE: A Large Ion Collider Experiment, destined for the LHC at CERN. AMANDA: Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array. Operational since 1997 and now upgraded … Continue reading →

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Definitions of all the physics terms used within the Particle Adventure

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Camille

For these definitions, please follow this link:  http://pdg.web.cern.ch/pdg/particleadventure/frameless/reference.html

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Glossary of Nuclear Terms

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Camille

Here is a link to nuclear terms, coutesy of the World Nuclear Association http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf51.htm

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Isotope Terminology

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Camille

In everyday speech, isotopes are still described with the element name given first, as in “oxygen-18″ or “O-18″ instead of “18- oxygen”. And many texts, especially older ones that were typeset without superscripts, show the mass number to the right … Continue reading →

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The definition of Angstrom

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Camille

Ångström From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1 ångström = International units 100×10?12 m 100×10?15 km 100×10?9 mm 1 Å 668.459×10?24 AU 10.57×10?30 ly US customary / Imperial units 3.937×10?9 in 328.084×10?12 ft 109.361×10?12 yd 62.137×10?15 mi An ångström or aangstroem (the official transliteration), or angstrom (symbol Å) is a non-SI … Continue reading →

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RADIATION WORKER GLOSSARY

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Camille

A Accelerator A device that increases the momentum, and therefore the energy, of charged particlessuch as electrons or protons. Access Control System Engineered and/or administrative systems that limit radiation dose to personnel by managing and limiting entry to an area. … Continue reading →

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Useful Terms

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Camille

 (as of 6/2007) isotope (plural: isotopes) (physics) Any of two or more atoms of an element having the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. As a consequence, it will have the same atomic … Continue reading →

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