Nuclear Science Glossary


 


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Absolute pressure
Absolute pressure
Absolute temperature
Absolute temperature
Absolute units
Absolute zero
Absorbed dose
Absorbed dose
absorbed-dose mapping
absorbed-dose rate
Absorbente
Absorber
Absorbing event
Absorci¾n fotoelÚctrica
Abundance
Abundancia
Activation analysis neutron
Actividad
Actividad especÝfica
Activity
AFCF
Alpha particle
Altura de impulso
Amplificaci¾n de gas multiplicaci¾n de gas
Amplificador
Amplifier
Analisis de activacion neutron
Analizador de altura de impulso
Aniquilacion
Annihilation
Anßlisis de activaci¾n de neutrones
Anti-coincidence circuit
Atomic number Z
Attenuation coefficient total
Attenuation factor
Auger electron
Auto absorci¾n
Autoradiografia
Autoradiography
Average liftime
Background
Bandhead
Becquerel (Bq)
Becquerel (Bq)
Beta particle (b) particle
Biological half-life
Body burden permissible
Bremsstrahlung
Bremsstrahlung (freno radiactivo)
Cabecera
Captura de electrones (CE)
Captura de K
Carga corporal permitida
Carrier
Carrier free
Centelleador
Centelleo
Cerenkov radiation
Cero absoluto
Channels ratio method
CinÚtica de primer orden
Circuito de anti coincidencia
Circuito de coincidencia
Closed system
Coeficiente de atenuaci¾n total
Coeficiente de atenuacion total
Coincidence circuit
Compartimiento abierto
Compromiso de dosis equivalente (Hc)
Compton effect
Compton region
Condici¾n estable
Constante de descomposicion
Contaminacion
Contamination
Conteo por centelleo lÝquido
Continuous spectrum
Conversi¾n interna
Conversion de dosis
Cosmic ray
Count rate
Counting efficiency counting yield e
Cristal de centelleo
Cross-section
Cßmara de ionizaci¾n
Curie
Curie
Curie (Ci)
Curie (Ci)
Daughter nucleus
Dead time
Decay constant
Decay scheme
Density thickness
Detector
Detector
Detector de emisor/conductor de radiaci¾n
Determinaci¾n de edad con carbono
Differential discriminator
Diluci¾n de is¾topos
Discrete (energy) spectrum
Discriminador altura de impulso
Discriminador diferencial
Discriminator pulse height
Disintegration energy (Q)
Dispersi¾n (ver tambiÚn efecto de Compton)
Distribuci¾n de veneno
Distribuci¾n normal distribuci¾n Gausiana
DL50
Dominant lethal mutation
Dose accumulated
Dose exit
Dose Integral absorbed
Dose mean lethal
Dose median lethal (LD 50)
Dose percentage depth
Dose threshold
Dose transit
Dose volume
dose conversion
Dose equivalent maximum permissible (MPDE)
Dose equivalent residual
Dose equivalent (H) (radiation protection)
Dose equivalent commitment (Hc)
Dose mapping
Dose meter
dose rate
Dose rate absorbed (D)
dosimeter
Dosimetro
dosimetry
dosimetry system
Dosis acumulada
Dosis integral absorbida
Dosis media letal (LD50)
Dosis porcentual de profundidad
Dosis promedio letal
Dosis salida
Dosis transito
Dosis umbral
Dosis volumen
Dosis absorbida
Dosis equivalente mßximo permitido (DEMP)
Dosis equivalente residual
Dosis equivalente (H) (Proteccion de la radiacion)
Dosis integrada
DosÝmetro de bolsillo
Ecologia
Ecology
Ecuaci¾n de activaci¾n de neutrones
Ecuacion de Einstein
Efecto Compton
Effective half-life
Eficiencia del conteo
Einstein's equation
Electr¾n
Electron
Electron Auger
Electron capture (EC)
Electronvolt (W)
Electronvoltio (W)
Elemento trazable
Energia de desintegracoon
Enrichment (atom per cent excess)
Enriquecimiento (porcentaje de exceso de ßtomos)
Epicadmium neutrons
Equilibrio del trazador
Espectr¾metro de masas
Espectro continuo
Espectro discreto (de energia)
Esquema de decaimiento
Estado fundamental o bßsico
Esterilidad
Esterilizaci¾n
EstÚril
Evento de absorcion
Excitaci¾n
Excitation
Exposici¾n
Exposure
Exposure rate (X)
External standard
Extinci¾n de luz
Factor de atenuacion
Factor de calidad Q
Film badge
First order kinetics
Fisi¾n
Fission
Fluence particle
Fluencia partÝcula
Flujo partÝcula
Fluorescence
Fluorescencia
Flux particle
Fondo
Fot¾n gamma γ gamma
Fotocatodio
Fotoespectr¾metro (espectr¾metro de emisi¾n)
Fuente Puntual
Gamma photon γ photon
Gamma radiation
Gas amplification gas multiplication
Gas extintor
Geiger-Miller tube GM tube
Geometry
GeometrÝa
Glove box
Gray
Gray
Grosor de densidad
Grosor de masas
Grosor infinito
Ground state
Guantera (Celda de manipulaci¾n)
Half-life biological
Half-life effective
Half-life radioactive
Half-value layer half-value thickness
Homer indefinido
homer unclear
ICRP
ICRP
ICRU
ICRU
Incertidumbre natural
Incertidumbre tÚcnica
Infinite thickness
Integrated dose
Internal conversion (IC)
Internal standard
Inverse square law
Inverse tracer dilution
Ion exchange resin
Ion pair
Ionizaci¾n
Ionizaci¾n primaria
Ionizaci¾n secundaria
Ionization
Ionization chamber
Ionizing radiation
Is¾topo estable
Is¾topo natural
Is¾topos
ISO
ISO
Isomeric transition (IT)
Isotope dilution
Isotopes
Joule
Joule
K-Capture
Kelvin
Kelvin
LET (linear energy transfer) restricted linear stopping power L─
LET (transferencia de energÝa lineal)
Ley de descomposici¾n radiactiva
Ley de inversi¾n del cuadrado
Liquid scintillation counting
Lßmina de valor medio grosor de valor medio
Luminescence
Luminiscencia
Mapa de dosis
Masa por unidad de ßrea
Mass number
Mass per unit area
Mass spectrometer
Mass thickness
Media vida biologica
Metodo de razon de canales
Monoenergetic radiation
Mutacion letal dominante
N·mero de masa
N·mero de neutrones N
Natural isotope
Natural uncertainty
Net count rate
Neutr¾n
Neutron
Neutron activation analysis
Neutron activation equation
Neutron Epicadmico
Neutron number N
Neutrones tÚrmicos
Normal distribution Gaussian distribution
Nucle¾n
Nucleido
Nucleo hijo
Nucleon
Nuclide
Numero atomico Z
Open compartment
Open system
Pair production
Pareja de iones
Particula Alfa
Particula Beta Particula b
Patr¾n externo
Patr¾n interno
Photo cathode
Photoelectric absorption
Photospectrometer (emission spectrometer)
Pico de absorsion total (en oposicion a la region
Placa fÝlmica
Pocket dosimeter
Point source. A source of radiation with dimensions that are small compared with
Poisson distribution
Portador
Portador libre
Presion absoluta
Primary ionization
primary-standard dosimeter
Producci¾n de pares
Proportional region. Pertaining to a gas filled detector it is the high voltage
Prot¾n
Proton
Pulse height
Pulse height analyzer. An instrument that uses voltage level discriminators to s
Pulse size. A more general term sometimes synonymous with pulse height and som
quality assurance
Quality factor Q
Quenching gas
Quenching of light
R÷ntgen (R)
Rad
Rad (Dosis de Radiaci¾n Absorbida)
Radiaci¾n gamma
Radiaci¾n ionizante
Radiaci¾n monoenergÚtica
Radiacion Cerenkov
Radiactividad
radiation-sensitive indicator
Radioactive decay law
Radioactivity
Radiocarbon dating
radiochromic film-dosimeter
Radiotoxicidad (en oposici¾n a la quÝmica o la bio
Radiotoxicity (as opposed to chemical or biological toxicity)
Range
Rango
Rate constant
Rayo cosmico
reference position
reference-standard dosimeter
Regi¾n proporcional
Region Compton
Rem
Rem
Resina de intercambio de iones
Resolving time
Rontgen (R)
routine dosimeter
Scattering (see also Compton effect)
Scintillation
Scintillation crystal
Scintillator
Seccion transversal
Secondary ionization
Self-absorption
Send-conductor radiation detector
Sievert (Sv)
Sievert (Sv)
Sistema abierto
Sistema cerrado
Soluci¾n trazadora invertida
Specific activity. Pertaining to a radioactively labelled sample it is the amou
Stable isotope
Steady state
sterile
sterility
Sterilization
Tama±o de impulso
target dose
Tasa constante
Tasa de conteo
Tasa de conteo neto
Tasa de dosis absorbida (D)
Tasa de exposici¾n
Tasa de transferencia de intercambios
Technical uncertainty
Temperatura absoluta
Temps universel coordonnÚ
Thermal neutrons
Tiempo de reposici¾n
Tiempo de resoluci¾n
Tiempo de vida promedio
Tiempo muerto
Total absorption peak (as opposed to the Compton region)
Total attenuation coefficient
traceability
Tracee
Tracer
Tracer equilibrium
Transfer rate of exchange
transfer-standard dosimeter
Transici¾n IsomÚrica (TI)
transit dose
Trazador
TRR
Tubo Geiger-Miller tubo GM
Turnover time
uncertainty
Unidades
Unidades absolutas
Units
Vida media biol¾gica
Vida media efectiva
Vida media radiactiva
Vida media efectiva