Equipment Ionization Quiz

The removal of an electron from an atom

Ionization

The interaction between radiation and matter that can occur in any shell

Ionization

Ionization can occur in any shell, but which one is the one we want to be ionized

K shell

After ionization occurs, an electron is ejected, and creates a __ with the now positive ion

Ion pair

Ionization can occur from __ collisions between particles

Physical

The acquisition or loss of an electron by an atom is termed

Ionization

The energy of the xray is __ into the electron and causes it to have too much energy to remain in its orbit or shell

Deposited

The ionization of an atom by an xray results in the creation of an __

Ion pair

The ionized atom may form an __ __ with an atom of oppposite charge

Ionic bond

Where do electrons come from in the xray tube

Cathode

Do xrays have mass

No

Once the electron is ejected out of the atom, the atom is now __ charged

Positively

If the free electron neutralizes an atom already in an ionic bond, what happens to that bond

It breaks the bond

__ is the transfer of energy

Radiation