activation

in radiochemistry
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The process of inducing @R05092@ by @I03255@. In general, a specification is added of the type of incident @R05048@ (e.g. nuclear, @N04116@, photon) or its energy (e.g. thermal, fast).
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513. (Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 2515 [Terms] [Paper]