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Ionization in food industry

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Preferred term

Compton effect  

Subject

  • Food sciences and technology

Example

  • [...] the Compton effect is the principal mechanism of energy transfer in food irradiation with these radiations [gamma- and x-rays]. In the Compton effect, an incident photon interacts with the atoms and transfers its energy, causing ejection of electrons. The ejected electrons, called Compton electrons, contain enough energy to cause further excitation and ionization in the food material. The incident photon continues after collision in a changed direction with less than its original energy. (Source : INRA)

In other languages

  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: masculin

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    effet Compton

    French

  • diffusion Compton
  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: masculin

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    Comptoneffekt

    German

  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: masculin

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    efecto Compton

    Spanish

URI

https://opendata.inra.fr/IDIA/50

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