Alpha Spectrometer

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Alpha Spectrometer

 

a device for measuring the energy of alpha particles emitted by radioactive nuclei. (See.) [1–1436–1; updated]

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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