radioactive source

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radioactive
adjective
uk
/ˌreɪ.di.əʊˈæk.tɪv/us
/ˌreɪ.di.oʊˈæk.tɪv/
having or producing powerful and dangerous energy that comes from the breaking up ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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The sealedradioactivesourcecontained an extremely small quantity—a few thousandths of a gram—of plutonium.
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As for whether the breaking of the seal would help detection, theradioactivesourcewould be exposed.
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Radium has been replaced as aradioactivesourcein radiotherapy machines by safer materials such as cobalt and iridium.
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What is theradioactivesource, and what is its strength in curies?
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Theradioactivesourceis in a specially designed container and is not immediately hazardous to health provided that it is not tampered with.
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Despite those efforts, theradioactivesourcewas not located.
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Theradioactivesourceionizes helium atoms by bombarding them with emissions.
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Sprytrons lack the keepalive electrode and the preionizationradioactivesource.
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In limited applications caesium-137, a less costly alternative recovered during the processing of spent nuclear fuel, is used as aradioactivesource.
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Sr finds extensive use in medicine as aradioactivesourcefor superficial radiotherapy of some cancers.
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Using a scanning device, taken from their astroship, they determine that there is aradioactivesourceinside the marabout.
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Automatic gain control was provided by using aradioactivesourcemounted in each detector's field of view.
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To treat the foodstuffs, they are exposed to aradioactivesource, for a set period of time to achieve a desired dose.
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So the latter proved to be a much betterradioactivesource.
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Generally cobalt-60 is used as aradioactivesourcefor gamma irradiation.
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The formation of the keepalive glow discharge is however more sensitive, which necessitates the use of aradioactivesourceto aid its ignition.
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If desired, aradioactivesourceof iodine can be utilized.
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The further a person is from aradioactivesourcethe lower the level of radiation they receive, this is largely due to the inverse square law.
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A type of active nuclear tool, aradioactivesourceand detector are lowered down the borehole and the source emits medium-energy gamma rays into the formation.
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Radiation from radioactive sources in nature hits us twenty-fours hours a day from cradle to grave.
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