Timeline for How is Alpha Radiation possible?
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 8:18 | comment | added | Luaan | Did you ever think about why radiation is dangerous? The huge energy difference between the nuclear structures (relevant for radiation) and the electron structures (responsible for all chemistry) is essentially exactly that. The two extra electrons that are (eventually, or quite immediately) emitted from the parent atom pale into insignificance compared to the utter mayhem a lone (highly energetic) alpha particle does to the electron structures of everything it comes close to. It effortlessly devastates even the strongest chemical bonds, including DNA (-> cell death, cancer and all that). | |
| Apr 10, 2022 at 23:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 9, 2022 at 9:56 | answer | added | fraxinus | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 9, 2022 at 2:34 | answer | added | Chris♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/1512535759265353731 | ||
| Apr 8, 2022 at 20:05 | comment | added | rob♦ | Further to @JonCuster’s clarification, you might enjoy this brief overview of the field of nuclear structure. | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 19:59 | answer | added | Douglas | timeline score: 19 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 18:03 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 8, 2022 at 12:47 | comment | added | Jon Custer | The nucleus has structure. Pictures to convey the basic idea are entirely correct. Alpha particles pass through electron clouds all the time in, e.g., Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry to measure composition profiles. An energetic alpha treats an electron about as well as your car windshield treats a gnat. | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 12:44 | answer | added | Ruslan | timeline score: 40 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 10:58 | answer | added | Samuel Adrian Antz | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 10:17 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Apr 8, 2022 at 9:44 | answer | added | Marc Barceló | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 9:11 | history | asked | Excentrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |