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Card 16
Front
List the three types of radiation from most to least ionising
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Card 17
Front
Why are alpha particles more strongly ionising than beta particles?
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Card 18
Front
Why are beta particles more strongly ionising than gamma rays?
Back
Card 19
Front
What absorbs alpha radiation and what is its range in the air?
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Card 20
Front
What absorbs beta radiation and what is its range in the air?
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Card 21
Front
What absorbs gamma radiation and what is its range in the air?
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Card 22
Front
Where are alpha particles deflected by electric and magnetic fields and why?
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Card 23
Front
Where are beta particles deflected by electric and magnetic fields and why?
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Card 24
Front
Why are gamma rays not deflected by electric and magnetic fields?
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Card 25
Front
What is the half-life of a radioactive isotope?
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