ALPHA PARTICLE


Meaning of ALPHA PARTICLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1903

: a positively charged nuclear particle identical with the nucleus of a helium atom that consists of two protons and two neutrons and is ejected at high speed in certain radioactive transformations — called also alpha, alpha ray

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