Definition disintegration

In order to obtain yif) or B(Q and T(0 separately, it would be necessary to know the fraction of energy that is emitted, on the average, in the form of 7-radiation during a disintegration with a definite disintegration energy. However, there is at present no theoretical foundation for determining this fraction and the quantities (15) and (15a) are the only ones for which a theoretical expression can be obtained with ease. 

The micas, as a class, are difficult to grind to a fine powder one exception is disintegrated schist, in which the mica occurs in minute flakes. For diy grinmng, hammer mills equipped with an air-transport system are generally used. Maintenance is often high. It has been established that the method of milling has a definite effect on the par-... 

Today, modern instrumentation provides much more direct evidence of atoms (Fig. B.3). There is no longer any doubt that atoms exist and that they are the units that make up the elements. In fact, chemists use the existence of atoms as the definition of an element an element is a substance composed of only one kind of atom. By 2006, 111 elements had been discovered or created but in some cases in only very small amounts. For instance, when element 110 was made, only two atoms were produced, and even they lasted for only a tiny fraction of a second before disintegrating. 

Disintegration, Nuclear—A spontaneous nuclear transformation (radioactivity) characterized by the emission of energy and/or mass from the nucleus. When large numbers of nuclei are involved, the process is characterized by a definite half-life (see Transformation, Nuclear). 

Equation (1.29) suggests that there is a definite probability of any particular atom disintegrating at a given moment and this is proportional to the number of atoms present at that moment. 

The methods of disintegration rely entirely upon increasing the dispersity of a solids which process can, at least theoretically, be stopped at any instant resulting in the formation of a suspension of definite dispersity but one that is not necessarily stable. The processes of suspension formation by methods of condensation on the other hand are more complicated, owing to the fact that unless the resulting colloidal suspension possesses at least some degree of stability the process of condensation once set in operation will not cease but proceed until the transformation to the macrocrystalline structure is complete. 

In mouse liver and kidney and in rat liver, a-D-mannosidase activity appeared to be equally distributed between the two cytoplasmic-granule fractions. With mouse spleen and cancer tissue, a considerable proportion of the enzyme was found free in the cytoplasm. Rat spleen, on the other hand, lacked this cytoplasmic fraction. Inasmuch as the enzyme within the cytoplasmic granules was not fully active in a sucrose homogenate until the membranes had been disintegrated, a-D-mannosidase conforms to the definition of a lysosomal hydrolase. 

N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms and pore size distribution of sample II-IV are shown in Fig. 4. Its isotherm in Fig. 4a corresponds to a reversible type IV isotherm which is typical for mesoporous solids. Two definite steps occur at p/po = 0.18, and 0.3, which indicates the filling of the bimodal mesopores. Using the BJH procedure with the desorption isotherm, the pore diameter in Fig. 4a is approximately 1.74, and 2.5 nm. Furthermore, with the increasing of synthesis time, the isotherm in Fig. 4c presents the silicalite-1 material related to a reversible type I isotherm and mesoporous solids related to type IV isotherm, simultaneously. These isotherms reveals the gradual transition from type IV to type I. In addition, with the increase of microwave irradiation time, Fig. 4c shows a hysteresis loop indicating a partial disintegration of the mesopore structure. These results seem to show a gradual transformation... 

The basic unit of radioactivity is the curie, Ci. One curie is the amount of radioactive material that emits particles at a rate of 3.7 X 1010 disintegrations per second (dps), or 2.2 X 1012 min-1 (dpm). Amounts that large are seldom used in experimentation, so subdivisions are convenient. The milli-curie (mCi, 2.2 X 109 min-1) and microcurie (yu,Ci, 2.2 X 106 min-1) are standard units for radioactive measurements (see Table 6.2). The radioactivity unit of the meter-kilogram-seconds (MKS) system is the becquerel (Bq). A becquerel, named in honor of Antoine Becquerel, who studied uranium radiation, represents one disintegration per second. The two systems of measurement are related by the definition 1 curie = 3.70 X 1010 becquerels. Since the becquerel is such a small unit, radioactive units are sometimes reported in MBq (mega, 106) or TBq (tera, 1012). Both unit systems are in common use today, and radioisotopes received through commercial sources are labeled in curies and bequerels. 

A radioactive element is an element that disintegrates spontaneously with the emission of various rays and particles. Most commonly, the term denotes radioactive elements such as radium, radon (emanation), thorium, promethium, uranium, which occupy a definite place in the periodic table because of their atomic number. The term radioactive element is also applied to the various other nuclear species, (which arc produced by the disintegration of radium, uranium, etc.) including (he members of the uranium, actinium, thorium, and neptunium families of radioactive elements, which differ markedly in their stability, and are isotopes of elements from thallium (atomic number 81) to uranium (atomic number... 

The unstable nuclei in a radioactive sample do not all decay simultaneously. Instead, the decay of a given nucleus is an entirely random event. Consequently, studies of radioactive decay events require the use of statistical methods. With these methods, one may observe a large number of radioactive nuclei and predict with fair assurance that, after a given length of time, a definite fraction of them will have disintegrated but not which ones or when. 

These rather simple considerations explain most of our experimental results—for example, the behavior of thermally treated samples, the different influences of dry and wet disintegration on acid and enzymatic hydrolysis, or the pronounced increase in accessibility to acid hydrolysis as compared to enzymatic degradation by treatment with liquid NH3. No definite interpretation can be given so far of the unexpected strong increase in weight loss during enzymatic degradation after a previous mercerization. 

It is important to note that in the various studies reviewed in the preparation of this document, dose levels have been presented by those authors in several ways. In order to facilitate comparisons among studies, these levels have generally been converted to an equivalent dose in microcuries (p Ci) and kilo-Becquerels (kBq). The historical definition of one curie is the disintegration rate exhibited by one gram of radium. There are 0.027 pCi per kBq. In this document, comparisons are usually made between total administered amounts of radioactivity, in pCi/kg and kBq/kg, instead of using a daily dosage level. 

The disintegration rate is an instantaneous rate measured under conditions of essential constancy of the concentration (i.e., the population) of 40K atoms. The form of the rate equation is that used in Chapter 20, with the numerical value of the rate taken from the definition of the curie. 

One remark talks about nano-hydrides become in fashion now. But it is necessary to realize that nearly all the metal hydrides are nano-materials initially, definitely. In the course of hydrogenation, the compact samples of metals (or IMCs) disintegrate into small particles which have (according microscopic or surface-area measurements) micro- (and not nano-) size. However, this does not speak yet for anything. These particles are not monocrystals, but - micro-sized conglomerates of nano-sized clasters (domains). These clasters have sometimes the structure, which differs from that, indicated (defined) by X-ray or neutron... 

In order to understand the effects of radiation on any material, let us define how one measures radiation. Radiation is measured in several units. The SI unit for radioactivity is the becquerel (Bq), which is defined as one disintegration (d) per second (s) (Bq = d/s). However, the most common unit is the curie (Ci) and its definition is based on the number of radium-226 isotopes present in 1 gram of the element that disintegrate in one second. One Ci is thus exactly equal to 3.70 x 1010 disintegrations per second... 

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