artificial disintegration

noun

1. physics radioactive transformation of a substance by bombardment with high-energy particles, such as alpha particles or neutrons

Example Sentences

Charcoal, the third allotropic modification of carbon, is by far the most common, and is formed by the natural or artificial disintegration of organic matters by heat; we thus have formed wood charcoal, animal charcoal, lamp-black, and coke, all produced by artificial means, and we may also class with these coal, which is a natural product, and which contains from 85 to 95 per cent. of pure carbon.

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