Penentration of radiation

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How can you stop alpha radiation?
With a sheet of paper
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How can you stop beta radiation?
With a thin sheet of aluminium
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How can you stop gamma radiation?
With several inches of lead
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What is half life?
the time it takes for the number of nuclei of the isotope in a sample to halve
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Radioactive decay is io....ng
Ionising
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How can you stop beta radiation?

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With a thin sheet of aluminium

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How can you stop gamma radiation?

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What is half life?

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Radioactive decay is io....ng

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