This radiation received its name — gamma-rays — simply because gamma is the third letter in the Greek alphabet after alpha and beta. Unbeknownst to Villard and his cohorts in the early 1900s ...

A dorsal view of a major morph male Forsteropsalis pureora with fully intact legs. These arachnid males come in three types: alpha, beta and gamma. Photograph by D. Hegg / Erin C Powell and others ...

Alpha particles are also known as alpha radiation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alongside beta particles, gamma rays ...

Unlike a Geiger-Müller tube, it uses regular air, which makes it sensitive only to alpha radiation; beta and gamma rays don’t cause enough ionization at ambient pressure.

Alpha, beta, and gamma are all types of ionizing radiation, in that they can kick an electron out of an atom. However, with neutron radiation a neutron is ejected from a radioactive nucleus.