˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

alpha emitter

noun

  1. a radioactive isotope that emits alpha particles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Thorium is an alpha emitter and, once in the body, it can cause cancer and other anomalies.

From

The tests came back positive for polonium-210, an alpha emitter.

From

Their method involved bombarding aluminum foils with alpha rays produced by their usual rudimentary source, a hunk of the inexpensive but vigorous alpha emitter polonium.

From

One day he told Seaborg triumphantly that he had found an alpha emitter and had already ruled out that it could be an isotope of element 91, 92, or 93.

From

There, scientists suspected that polonium, a powerful alpha emitter, was involved.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement