Re: [OT] Paging Frank K.

From: C (cc-news_at_hermes.mirlex.com)
Date: 11/18/04


Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:55:55 GMT

Phil Carmody wrote:
> "Evenbit" <nbaker2328NOSPAM@charter.net> writes:
>>"C" <cc-news@hermes.mirlex.com> wrote in message
>>news:%uEmd.31$rN6.27@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>>[snip]
>>
>>>No need to appologise, every one makes mistakes. Besides this thing
>>>is easy to remember, in general there are only three types of radiation.
>>>
>>>Alpha (particle 2 proton, 2 neutron :: nucleus reduced by this amount)
>>>Beta (particle 1 electron + 1 neutrino :: neutron in nucleus decays
>>>to proton, electron and neutrino, the latter two are ejected)
>>>Gamma (partical photon :: nucleus stabalises by releasing high energy
>>>photon (Gamma Rays))
>>
>>You've forgotten Sound Radiation, Heat Radiation, Light Radiation,
>>Electro-Magnetic Radiation, Cute Kitten {when I swing it by the tail and let
>>loose} Radiation. Just kidding on that last one ;-)
>>
>>What you should have said is "there are only three types of NUCLEAR
>>radiation."
>
> He shouldn't have said that, as it would have been wrong!
> You've forgotten electron capture (emits a neutrino), negative beta
> (emits a positron and a neutrino), and other bizarre ways of getting
> electrons emitted.

Quite correct, that is why I uses the words 'in general', still
I can think of no radiation form which would directly convert
C-14 to C-13.

C
2004-11-18



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