IT is well known that for the excitation of the characteristic X-ray spectra of elements, an electron has first to be removed from some internal level; when this is done, an electron from an outer ...

Neutron activation analysis is a method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of elements based on the measurement of characteristic radiation from radionuclides formed by irradiating ...

How ionizing radiation damages DNA and causes cancer Two characteristic patterns of DNA damage found Date: September 12, 2016 Source: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Effects of Radiation on Solids ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 195 No. 2 (August 1956), p. 76 doi:10.1038 ...