radiation and radioactivity

Discovery of Radioactivity and Nature of Radiations - In 1896, the phenomenon of radioactivity was accidentally discovered by French scientist Henri Becquerel. He was performing experiments with uranium compounds. He accidentally placed a crystal of potassium uranyl su..

In 1896, the phenomenon of radioactivity was accidentally discovered by French scientist Henri Becquerel. He was performing experiments with uranium compounds. He accidentally placed a crystal of potassium uranyl sulphate over photographic plate wrapped with usual black pape..

.e., polonium, radium, etc., which were more active than uranium. These substances, which have the property of spontaneous emission of radiation are called radioactive substances and the process of spontaneous emission of radiation is called Radioactivity. It..

The phenomenon of spontaneous disintegration of an unstable nucleus of naturally occurring isotope accompanied by emission of active radiations line a , b and g radiations is known as Natural Radioactivity. These radiations come from the breakup of the ..

It is a spontaneous emission or disintegration of an unstable nucleus resulting in certain radiations. The elements exhibiting this phenomena are called radioactive elements. e.g., radium, thorium, actinium, polonium etc. Radioactivity does not occur due to any externa..

In astronomy, the low temperature microwave radiation that arrives at the earth's surface from all directions of outer space is called background radiation. It is so named because it forms a background to all the radio sources that have been detected by radio telescopes. Cosmic ..

Radioactive elements are those, which emit invisible radiations of their own accord. This is called radioactivity. Some typical examples of radioactive elements are uranium, thorium, plutonium, polonium etc. Radiations emitted by radioactive..

Waste products from nuclear power stations etc. are becoming a serious problem. They should be put where the radiation can do no harm. Unfortunately, there is no way of stopping a radioactive nucleus from emitting radiation. Nuclear energy has some advantages over foss..

Discovery of Radioactivity - The discovery of the phenomenon of radioactivity was purely accidental. In 1896, Henry Becquerel, a French scientist accidentally found that in presence of salt of uranium, photographic plates got heavily fogged even though they were wrapped in opaqu..

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 separate..