Week 4 Lecture Objectives Flashcards by Destyne Johnson | Brainscape

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Define excitation

A

An x-ray photon interacts with an atoms’ orbital electron causing the electron to vibrate.

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Energy produced from excitation can be emitted as what?

A

Light or heat (harmless) & by breaking molecular bond and disrupting the molecule

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Define ionization

A

When an electron is ejected from its shell creating an ion pair. The atom is no longer enutral

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Define ionization

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When an electron is ejected from its shell creating an ion pair. The atom is no longer neutral and is now chemically reactive.

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Define radiolysis

A

Ionizing radiation with a molecule or water

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What does ionized water molecules form?

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Free radicals

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