atoms and nuclear radiation
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- What are isotopes?
- What makes carbon-14 a radioactive isotope?
- What happens to the nucleus during radioactive decay?
- What is the purpose of radioactive decay?
- What kind of process is radioactive decay?
- What is activity?
- What unit is activity measured in?
- What does one Becquerel equal?
- What device is used to measure the activity of a radioactive source?
- What is the count rate?
- What are the four different types of radiation that can be emitted by an unstable nucleus?
- What does an alpha particle consist of?
- Why is count rate not the same as activity?
- What is an alpha particle the same as?
- What is a beta particle?
- Where does a beta particle come from?
- How is a beta particle formed?
- What type of radiation is a gamma ray?
- What is the fourth type of radiation sometimes given out by an unstable nucleus?
- What does it mean for an isotope to be radioactive?
- Why is radioactive decay described as a random process?
- Approximately how far can alpha particles travel in air?
- What are the three types of radiation discussed?
- Why do alpha particles have a short range in air?
- Approximately how far can beta particles travel in air?
- What material is required to stop alpha particles?
- How far can gamma radiation travel in air before stopping?
- What material is needed to stop beta particles?
- What type of material is required to stop gamma radiation?
- What are ions?
- What process can radiation cause when it collides with atoms?
- How strongly ionizing are alpha particles?
- How strongly ionizing are beta particles?
- How does the ionizing power of beta particles compare to alpha particles?
- How strongly ionizing is gamma radiation?
- What does a nuclear equation show?
- What particles are contained within an alpha particle?
- What is an alpha particle identical to?
- How is an alpha particle represented by scientists?
- What does the atomic number of 2 on the helium symbol tell us about an alpha particle?