Chapter 5

Ionizing radiation

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Marie Curie

Henri Becquerel

Isotopes

Nuclides

126C

Forces in the nucleus

Alexander Litvinenko

Range of radiation

Half-life

Carbon dating

Biological half-life

Becquerel

Gray

Sievert

Harm done by alpha, beta and gamma

Dosimeter

Background radiation

Radon

Hormesis

Radiophobia

Diagnostics

X-ray and CT

PET

Treatment of cancer

Energy production

Sterilization