Random Nature of Radioactive Decay (AQA GCSE Physics Combined Science): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
Range of alpha particles in air
Range of alpha particles in air
5 cm
Range of beta particles in air
Range of beta particles in air
15 cm
Range of gamma radiation in air
Range of gamma radiation in air
Several metres
Material that stops alpha particles
Material that stops alpha particles
Single sheet of paper
Material that stops beta particles
Material that stops beta particles
Few millimetres of aluminium
Material that stops gamma radiation
Material that stops gamma radiation
Several centimetres of lead
Ionising power of alpha particles
Ionising power of alpha particles
Very strongly ionising
Ionising power of beta particles
Ionising power of beta particles
Quite strongly ionising
Ionising power of gamma radiation
Ionising power of gamma radiation
Weakly ionising
What happens when radiation collides with atoms
What happens when radiation collides with atoms
Atoms lose electrons and form ions