Faculty & Staff

DR. ZHENG CHANG

Director of the Applied Radiation Sciences Laboratory at SCSU

Associate Professor of Radiochemistry

Adjunct Assistant professor at Virginia Tech

Room# B, Lewis Lab Annex

Tel:  (803)536-7924

Fax: (803)516-4607

zchang@scsu.edu

 

DR. WAGIH ABDEL-KADER

Associate Professor of physics

Affiliated Faculty of the SCSU Radiochemistry Program

Room#, Hudge Hall

(803)516-4673

abdelkaderwg@scsu.edu

 

DR. MICHAEL BRONIKOWSKI

Principle Investigator in Savannah River National Laboratory

Affiliated Faculty of the SCSU Radiochemistry Program

michael.bronikowski@srnl.doe.gov

 

 

MR. WARREN B. RITTER

Laboratory Specialist II

Civil & Mech Eng Tech

(803)516-4673

writter@scsu.edu

 

MRS. APRIL N HUTTON-MOORER

Director of Recruitment and Outreach
Tel: (803)516-4923

Fax: (803)516-4526
ahutton@scsu.edu

 

Alpha, beta particles and gamma rays are three basic radiations emitted from the radionuclides that undergo spontaneous disintergration. Alpha particles are naked helium nuclei, with two positive charges on each nucleus. Beta particles are high energy electrons with negative one charge for each electron. Whereas, gamma rays are high energy photons. Photons do not carry electrical charges. Because their different properties in electrical charge, these three kinds of radiations show different behaviors in a magnetic field as illustrated in this figure.