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POTENTIAL ALPHA ENERGY [2 records]

Record 1 2013-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radiation Protection
Key term(s)
  • a potential energy
  • potential a energy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Radioprotection
DEF

Grandeur destinée à évaluer la nuisance des descendants à vie courte du radon dans l'air, notamment dans les mines d'uranium.

OBS

énergie potentielle alpha : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 21 septembre 2005.

Key term(s)
  • énergie potentielle a

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

The energy of all the alpha particles that could be released from a given quantity of radon or thoron daughters during their successive stages of radioactive decay to lead-210 and lead-208, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Énergie de toutes les particules alpha qui pourraient être émises au cours de la désintégration radioactive des produits de filiation du radon en plomb 210 ou des produits de filiation du thoron en plomb 208.

Spanish

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