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Card 16

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what happens to an atom if it loses one or more of its electrons

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Card 17

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what is the atomic number? what is the mass number?

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Card 18

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what is an isotope? are they usually stable?

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Card 19

Front

for the three types of ionising radiation give their ionising power and range in air

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Card 20

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Describe nuclear equations

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Card 21

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what is the activity of a source? How does activity relate to count-rate?

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Card 22

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define half life and describe how to find a sources half-life, given a graph of its activity over time

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Card 23

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define irradiation and contamination

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Card 24

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give two examples of how to protect against contamination and irradiation

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Card 25

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complete the hazards of being irradiated and contaminated by an alpha source and a gamma source

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