Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Radioactivity
- Types of Decay
- Alpha
- Made up of a Helium Nucleus
- Can be moved by a magnetic field
- Beta
- Made of a Electron
- Easily moved by magnetic waves
- Gamma
- Is an Electromagnetic wave
- Not effected by magnetic fields
- Half Life
- The time it takes for a radioactive atom to decay by half
- Uses
- Medicine
- Tracers
- Radioactive iodine can be used to see if a patients kidneys are working
- Smoke Detector
- The typical smoke detector uses a radioactie source to detect smoke
- Finding cracks in pipes
- A water company would use radioactive sources to identify cracks in pipe lines
- Nuclear Fission