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Fissile material and radioactive material

Fissile material and radioactive material, shall have same meaning assigned to these expressions in

Half life

decaying in a first order reaction to be destroyed For radioactive substances it is the time required for one half of

Radon

An intensely radioactive gaseous element produced by the radioactive decay of radium 226

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Mesothorium

a radioactive isotope of radium radium 228 with a half life of

Gamma ray

appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field emitted by radioactive substances Gamma rays are photons of electromagnetic radiation having a

radioactivity

is therefore called ionizing radiation The radiation emitted by most radioactive substances is one of three types alpha rays beta rays

radiothorium

228 given by its discoverer Otto Hahn It is a radioactive substance formed as one of series of products in the

Helium

helium is therefore formed as a decomposition product of certain radioactive substances such as radium The normal helium nucleus has two

Radium

An intensely radioactive metallic element found combined in minute quantities in pitchblende and

radioactive

Capable of luminescence under the action of cathode rays X rays or any of the allied forms of radiation

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