UMB Initial Radiation Safety Training (RST)
12: Environmental Health and Safety Services
13: Regulatory Organization
14: Topics to Be Covered
15: Introduction to Radiation Physics
16: The Atom
17: The Atomic Structure of an element is de
18: Atomic Structure Example
19: Isotopes
20: Chart of the Nuclides
21: Radiation
22: Alpha Particles
23: Intra Nuclear Reactions Alpha Decay
24: Beta Particles
25: Beta Particles
26: Beta Decay
27: Beta Decay
28: Beta Decay
29: Beta Decay
30: Beta Particle Range
31: Bremsstrahlung Radiation


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Alpha Particles

     - Highly charged, heavy particles which are identical to helium nuclei
       (2n, 2p, +2 charge) emitted from the nucleus
     - Energy range from 3 to 8 MeV (most are around 5); alphas from a given
       isotope are all of the same energy
     - Have a very short range in air (a few cm) or tissue
     - Common example are:  polonium-210, uranium-238, and plutonium-239