Backround Radiation

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  • Created by: Amelia
  • Created on: 06-05-13 14:58

Background radiation

Background radiation released by soil, rocks and cosmic rays is always in the environment.

Radioisotopes are used as tracers in medicine and industry. Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope of carbon, which is found in all living organisms. We can estimate the age of dead organisms by measuring the amount of carbon-14  ( 146C )  left in them. Carbon Dating!

Background radiation is all around us. Some of it comes from natural sources and some comes from artificial sources.

Natural

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