Sentences with phrase «from radioactive atoms»

This can be the tick - tock of an escapement, an oscillating quartz crystal or the ejection of a particle from a radioactive atom — one way or another, there must be movement.

Not exact matches

Cell phones use non-ionizing radiation, which differs from the ionizing radiation of x-rays and radioactive material in that it does not have enough energy to knock around — or ionize — electrons or particles in atoms.
The radioactive carbon 14 is isolated from the other atoms in a sample, making it possible to derive more accurate chronologies from much smaller archaeological or anthropological specimens
The destructive power of the alpha particle — a helium - like structure ejected from the nucleus of a radioactive atom — offers a curiously poetic foil for Basquiat's aesthetic.
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