Radioactivity: For KS4 students
Each of the main sections has a short quiz, so you can check your progress.
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Radioactivity: Atoms, Isotopes & Radiation
The atoms making up matter are generally stable, but some of them are spontaneously transformed by emitting radiations which release energy. This is called radioactivity.
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Radioactivity: The Discovery Of Radioactivity
One hundred years ago, a group of scientists unknowingly ushered in the Atomic Age. Driven by curiosity, these men and women explored the nature and functioning of atoms.
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Radioactivity: Nuclear Physics
Interactive pages, tests and political issues, with the views of students.
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Radioactivity: Basics
Radioactivity, spontaneous disintegration or decay of the nucleus of an atom by emission of particles, usually accompanied by electromagnetic radiation.
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Radioactivity: Radioactivity Decay
In the late 1800s the German physicist, Wilhelm Röntgen, discovered a strange new ray produced when an electron beam struck a piece of metal. Since these were rays of an unknown nature, he called them "x rays".
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Radioactivity: Particle Adventure
The Particle Adventure is an award-winning site that allows you to explore the world of fundamental particles and forces and then to investigate the experimental evidence and techniques.
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Radioactivity: Radiation & Radioactivity
This is a self paced lesson on the basics of radiation and radioactivity and was was developed by the University of Michigan's Student Chapter of the Health Physics Society.
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Radioactivity: Uses of Radiation
The dangerous aspects of radiation come from the alteration and destruction of cells within our bodies.
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