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MeV

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symbol

  1. million electronvolts (10 6 electronvolts)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Calculate the energy output of the reaction in MeV.

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Electrons used for food irradiation are accelerated to energies up to 10 MeV.

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Cobalt-60 γ rays average 1.25 MeV, while those of 137 Cs are 0.67 MeV and are less penetrating.

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The nucleus must also emit a β particle of energy 0.26 MeV in the opposite direction.

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They found that the bombardment of californium with boron ions released α particles which had an energy of 8.6 MeV and decayed with a half-life of 8 ± 2 seconds.

From A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis by Watson, Glen W.

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