Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

(a(i))[1]

ought to be stored.

(a(ii))[1]

ought to be handled.

(b)[3]

Fill in the table below for three types of emission from radioactive sources. Columns: type of emission; nature; range in air; absorbed by. Some entries are already supplied: electromagnetic radiation - several km; helium nucleus - 0.2 mm paper; electron.

(c(i))[1]

State the radiation type released when an americium nucleus ($^{241}_{95}\text{Am}$) changes into a neptunium nucleus ($^{237}_{93}\text{Np}$).

(c(ii))[1]

State the kind of radiation given off when a phosphorus nucleus ($^{32}_{15}\text{P}$) decays into a silicon nucleus ($^{32}_{16}\text{Si}$).

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