| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electron capture | Energy | A radioactive decay process in which an orbital electron is captured by and merges with the nucleus. The mass number is unchanged, but the atomic number is decreased by one. (references) | |
| Electron capture | Mining | A mode of radioactive decay in which an orbital electron is captured by the nucleus. The resulting nuclear transformation is identical with that in beta+ emission. (references) | |
| Electron capture | 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) | |
| Electron Capture Decay | Physics | Nuclear decay by capture of an atomic electron. If the decay energy is greater than 1022 keV, positron emission can also occur in competition with electron capture. (references) | |
| Electron capture detector | Physics | A detector which was first developed in 1960 for the particular purpose of detecting minute concentration of pesticide residues, and is often used in parallel with another detector. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: ELECTRON CAPTURE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Electron capture | 13 | Double electron capture | 8 | |
| Electron capture dissociation | 9 | Electron capture | 13 | |
| Double electron capture | 8 | Electron capture detector | 7 | |
| Electron capture detector | 7 | Electron capture dissociation | 9 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
