Also known as: NP,
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An electrical unit similiar to decibel, used to express the ratio between two amounts of power existing at two distinct points. A neper is 8.686 decibels.
Scientific & EducationalSymbol:"Np" Atomic Number:"93" Atomic Mass: 237.05amu. Neptunium is one of the elements in the actinide series of inner transition elements. It may also be classified as a rare earth element. A silvery, radioactive element that can be used in nuclear reactors because its atomic structure is so close to plutonium.
Scientific & EducationalNuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the constituents and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation but the research has provided application in many fields, including those in nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear weapons, ion implantation in materials engineering, and radiocarbon dating in geology and archaeology.
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