Potassium-40 was determined in soil in an area with 40,000 m² situated in the western State of Pernambuco, Brazil. For radiometric measurements, the gamma spectrometry method with a high purity ...

with most of them originating from the decay of potassium-40, thorium-232 and uranium-238 isotopes. When an antineutrino collides with a proton, a positron and a neutron are produced—a process ...

They are also versatile and easy to consume. But, did you know that bananas are radioactive? According to BBC Science Focus, bananas contain Potassium 40, a radioactive isotope that makes them ...

Body potassium was estimated by measurements of radioactive potassium (40 K) in a whole-body counter. Intracellular water was derived from the difference between extracellular water, measured by ...

Dunavant and Christian 1 have described a large-volume 4 π liquid scintillation detector, and Harris, Kessler and Christian 2 have described its use to determine total potassium in solids and ...

That heat comes from radioactive elements — like uranium-238, thorium-232, and potassium-40 — in the planet's core, which give off energy as they decay. Related: Astronomers find 2nd Earth ...

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This is because they contain a particular type of potassium (called potassium-40) which undergoes radioactive decay releasing a positron every 75 minutes. But this positron is very quickly annihilated ...