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Activity: Radioactivity

Covering radioactivity in a single "activity" is ambitious, but important for a holistic understanding. You will learn why some nuclei are unstable, the properties of α, β and γ radiation, the operation of an ionisation chamber and how to interpret cloud chamber tracks. Then to calculate the energy released during alpha decay and, through applying conservation of momentum and energy, the energy of radioactive particles....

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