Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

(a)[3]

Complete Table 10.1 by putting a tick (✓) against the correct type of radiation for each characteristic. The first row has already been completed for you.

(b)[2]

Write down the nuclide notation for this nucleus.

(c)[3]

Calculate the number of atoms of this isotope of plutonium remaining in the sample after 28 years.

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