Further research by scientists like Ernest Rutherford categorized radioactive emissions into alpha, beta, and gamma rays, leading to the understanding of radioactive decay and the concept of half ...

The discovery of radioactivity In the late 1800s scientists discovered X-rays ... process. Alpha radiation, can be blocked easily with nothing more than a sheet of paper. Beta radiation, requires ...

The use of other radiations (except X-rays), for example, alpha-and beta-rays, recoil atoms and accelerated ions for similar purposes does not seem to have been described. The rapidly increasing ...