ELECTRON CAPTURE

Specialty Definition: ELECTRON CAPTURE

Domain	Definition
Mining	A mode of radioactive decay in which an orbital electron is captured by the nucleus. The resulting nuclear transformation is identical with thatin beta+ emission. (references)
Physics	The nuclei formed early in the birth of the universe still had not enough electrons to form a neutral atom. But, the free electrons had plenty of energy. After 700,000 years of cooling, the nuclei started to capture electrons. These electron clouds are important. They stopped radiation from passing through the atoms. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Electron capture

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nuclear processes

Radioactive decay processes
Alpha decay
Beta decay
Electron capture
Gamma radiation
Neutron emission
Positron emission
Proton emmision
Spontaneous fission
Nucleosynthesis
Neutron Capture
The R-process
The S-process
Proton capture:
The P-process

Electron capture is a decay mode for chemical elements that will occur when there are too many protons in the nucleus of an atom, and there isn't enough energy to emit a positron.

In this case, one of the orbital electrons is captured by a proton in the nucleus, forming a neutron and a neutrino. Since the proton is essentially changed to a neutron, the number of neutrons increases by 1, the number of protons decreases by 1, and the atomic mass remains unchanged. By changing the number of protons, electron capture transforms the nuclide into a new element.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Electron capture."

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Crosswords: ELECTRON CAPTURE

Specialty definitions using "ELECTRON CAPTURE": beta decay, Big Bang Nucleosynthesis ♦ CHEMIST, INSTRUMENTATION. (references)

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Expression: ELECTRON CAPTURE

Expression using "ELECTRON CAPTURE": electron capture detector. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ELECTRON CAPTURE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
electron capture detector	3
electron capture	2
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Modern Translation: ELECTRON CAPTURE

Language		Translations for "ELECTRON CAPTURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		henfald ved elektronindfangning (decaying by electron capture). (various references)

Dutch		betaverval door elektronenvangst (decaying by electron capture), betadesintegratie door elektronvangst (decaying by electron capture). (various references)

French		désintégration par capture d'électrons (decaying by electron capture). (various references)

German		Zerfall durch Elektroneneinfang (decaying by electron capture). (various references)

Italian		decadimento mediante cattura elettronica (decaying by electron capture). (various references)

Pig Latin		electronay apturecay

Portuguese		declínio por captura neutrónica (decaying by electron capture). (various references)
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Anagrams: ELECTRON CAPTURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-l-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-u"
	-4 letters: contracture, counterpart, counterplea, electrocute.
	-5 letters: coelentera, conceptual, coparcener, corpulence, counteract, electorate, operculate, preconcert, precontact, pronuclear, receptacle, recuperate, reluctance, terneplate.
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