Lesson 5 – Waves & radiation part 2 (all answers are given in the online video)
1. First Question – discussing some uses of nuclear radiation.
2. Aquicklessononthenatureandpropertiesofalpha,betaandgamma radiation.
Lesson 5 – Waves & radiation part 2 (all answers are given in the online video)
penetratingpower…
and,finally,ionisation…
Lesson 5 – Waves & radiation part 2 (all answers are given in the online video)
3. Thefirstoftwoquestionsonhalf-life.
4. Becarefulwiththisone–notethatthevaluesgivearetotalcountrate (notcorrectedforbackground).
Lesson 5 – Waves & radiation part 2 (all answers are given in the online video)
5. Ifyou’restrugglingwiththetermsintheseequationsandtheirunits,visit physics-podcast.co.ukforthePDFdocument‘Helpwiththerelationships sheet’.
6. Remembertospendsometimeworkingwithallfouroftheequations– thisisjustaquickexample.
7. Lastone!
Allquestionsandslideswerecoveredinthelesson.
