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Radioactivity - Coggle Diagram
Radioactivity
Activity
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after 1 half life, the activity will halve
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Uses
Thickness guage
For paper manufacturing if it is too thick then less radiation will pass through and vice versa if it is too thin
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Carbon dating
comparing the amount of carbon in an object to its present day material, e.g. wood
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Half life
Radioactive decay is a random process, however with a large enough sample we can predict the possible behaviour of the decay
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