It is normally emitted alongside alpha or beta radiation. Gamma ray emission causes no change ... All types of radioactive decay can be detected by a Geiger-Muller tube, or G-M tube.

When unstable nuclei disintegrate or decay, certain particles - alpha or beta particles - or bundles of energy called gamma radiation, are emitted. Atoms and molecules in the path of radiation are ...

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Isotopes of natural uranium decay by emitting mainly alpha particles. The emission of beta particles and gamma radiations are low. The table below shows the average energies per transformation emitted ...