ionizing
Speech parts
1. ionizing - Adjective
2. ionizing - Verb
Meaning
ionizing (comparative more ionizing, superlative most ionizing)
Capable of producing ions.
ionizing
present participle of ionize
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Advantages and limitations Lawrence's 60-inch cyclotron, circa 1939, showing the beam of accelerated ions (likely protons or deuterons ) exiting the machine and ionizing the surrounding air causing a blue glow.
Airline crews flying long distance high-altitude routes can be exposed to 2.2 mSv of extra radiation each year due to cosmic rays, nearly doubling their total ionizing radiation exposure.
A photoabsorbed photon transfers all its energy to the electron with which it interacts, thus ionizing the atom to which the electron was bound and producing a photoelectron that is likely to ionize more atoms in its path.
Detection and measurement The ionizing or excitation effects of beta particles on matter are the fundamental processes by which radiometric detection instruments detect and measure beta radiation.
Apart from traditional applications, iron is also used for protection from ionizing radiation.
Auger therapy main Auger therapy (AT) makes use of a very high dose citation of ionizing radiation in situ that provides molecular modifications at an atomic scale.