produce gamma rays

Emission of a and b -rays bring some changes in the nucleus of the atom and the new element formed as a result of these charges is called daughter elemen..

In 1899, the study of radioactivity was taken up by Ernest Rutherford. He placed a little radium at the bottom of a small lead box and subjected the rays that emerged from it to the action of a very strong magnetic field at right angles to their direction. He found that the rays..

They are electromagnetic radiations like X-rays having very short wavelength, in the range of 10 -10 m to 10 -13 m. They affect photographic plate. They are unaffected by electric and magnetic fields. Their ionizing power is low, (about one hundredth of b - particles). T..

X-Rays - In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German physicist observed, while doing some experiments with the discharge tube, that when cathode rays are allowed to fall on a metal target called anticathode placed in their path, a new kind of rays are produced..

They travel in straight lines and cast shadow of the object placed in their path. These rays are deflected by magnetic and electric fields in the opposite direction to that of cathode rays. The anode rays produce mechanical and heating effects. The..

The discovery of cathode rays led to a vast field of practical application in Electronics. The glow produced by the fast moving electrons on a fluorescent screen led to its use in radar and television. The oscilloscope has many points in common with the discharge tube. In the o..

In 1885, Sir William Crookes carried out a series of investigations into the behaviour of metals heated in a vacuum. The experiment of Crookes and others showed that a heated cathode produced a stream of radiation, which could cause gases at low pressure to glow and which, make other sub..

Travel in straight linesThey cast a shadow of the objects placed in their way. Produce mechanical effectA paddle wheel placed in their path starts rotating. Rays are positively chargedWhen an electric field is applied in the path of anode rays, they are deflect..

. Cathode rays can ionise gases. Cathode rays can penetrate through thin sheets of aluminium and silver without perforating them. They can produce fluorescence in many substances. When they impinge on a metal of high atomic weight, X-rays are produced..

X-rays and scanners help doctors to learn a great deal about the body as they reveal defects and abnormalities and thus contribute to diagnosis. It was in 1895, a German Physicist, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the X-rays and since then radiology has played a major role in ..