Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Radiation (VCE SSCE Physics): Quizzes
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Who identified three types of radiation by testing their penetration through materials?
Who identified three types of radiation by testing their penetration through materials?
Ernest Rutherford
What is the composition of an alpha particle?
What is the composition of an alpha particle?
2 protons and 2 neutrons
What material is sufficient to stop alpha radiation?
What material is sufficient to stop alpha radiation?
A sheet of paper
When a nucleus emits an alpha particle, how do mass number and atomic number change?
When a nucleus emits an alpha particle, how do mass number and atomic number change?
decreases by 4, decreases by 2
What speed do beta particles typically travel at?
What speed do beta particles typically travel at?
Up to 90% of the speed of light
In beta minus () decay, what transformation occurs inside the nucleus?
In beta minus () decay, what transformation occurs inside the nucleus?
A neutron becomes a proton
What is the nature of gamma radiation?
What is the nature of gamma radiation?
Very short wavelength EM energy
What material is required to stop gamma radiation?
What material is required to stop gamma radiation?
Several cm of lead
Which type of radiation does NOT cause transmutation of elements?
Which type of radiation does NOT cause transmutation of elements?
Gamma radiation
What two quantities must be conserved in nuclear equations?
What two quantities must be conserved in nuclear equations?
Mass number and atomic number