Chapter Five
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Beta decay
A nuclear reaction occurring in the nucleus of the atom when a neutron converts into a proton, emitting an electron and a neutrino.
Ferrous metal
A metal containing iron
Field
A region in space around an object in which other objects experience a force if they are susceptible to the particular type of field involved.
Field lines
Arrows in graphical representation of a field that indicate the direction of the force that is present on an object placed in the field, assuming that the object us the type to be affected by the type of field in question.
Force
A push or pull.
Inverse square law
An inverse proportion in which one quantity decreases as a second quantity increases; the first quantity decreases in proportion to the square of the second quantity; generically represented as y= k/x^2
Monopole
A single pole of a magnet (north or south,) which cannot exist by itself.