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Radioactivity Flashcards

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1
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What did Rutherford and his pal do to prove the plum pudding method wrong?

A
  • Fired a beam of Alpha particles at thin gold foil
  • Expected it too be slightly reflected
  • Most particles went straight through, an odd one came back
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What did Rutherford show?

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  • Most of the mass is concentrated at the centre of a tiny nucleus
  • Nucleus must be positively charged as it repelled the positively alpha by large angles
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3
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What is in the nucleus?

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Protons and neutrons

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4
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The radius of the atoms nucleus is about ….. times …… than the radius of the atom

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10,000

Smaller

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5
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What is the Mass of the Proton, electron and neutron

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P = 1
N = 1
E = 1/200 (zero)
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What is the Charge of the Proton, electron and neutron

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P = +1
N = 0
E = -1
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7
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Number of protons equals

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The number of electron

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8
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The charge of an electron is

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The same size as the charge on a proton but opposite

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9
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Number of protons =

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The number of electrons in a neutral form

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10
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What is an isotope

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An element which has the same amount of protons but different neutrons

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When does Radioactivity happen?

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Its random, you cant say when one is going to decay

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12
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What is background radiation?

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It is radiation that is present at all times

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Where does the background radiation we receive come from?

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  • Naturally occurring unstable isotopes (in the air, food, building materials, rocks)
  • Radiation from space (Cosmic rays)
  • Radiation from man made sources (fallout from nuclear weapons tests, nuclear accidents, dumped nuclear waste)
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How can radiation effect you?

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  • Underground rocks
  • High altitudes (jet planes)
  • Underground (mines)
  • Nuclear industry
  • Radiographers in hospitals
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Alpha particles are

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Helium nuclei (Two neutrons and protons)

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16
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Beta particles are

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Electrons

With virtually no mass and a charge of -1

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17
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Gamma rays are

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Very short wavelength EM waves

18
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Alpha particles are..

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Big, heavy and slowing moving

They don’t penetrate very far in materials and stop quickly

19
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Beta particles are..

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Quite fast moving, quite small

They penetrate moderately into materials before cooling

20
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Gamma rays..

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Penetrate far into materials without being stopped and pass straight through air

21
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Because of their size alpha particles…

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Strongly ionising - they bash into a lot of atoms and knock electrons off them before slowing down

22
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For every B particle emitted…

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A neutron turns to a proton in the nucleus

23
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What is the mass and charge of gamma rays

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There is no mass or charge

24
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What are alpha and beta particles deflected by

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Electric and magnetic fields

25
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What is the charge of Alpha and beta particles

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A = Positive charge 
B = Negative charge
26
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What do alpha and beta particles deflect in different directions?

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Because of their opposite charges

27
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Why do alpha particles deflect less?

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Because of their greater mass

28
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Why do gamma rays not deflect?

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Because they have no charge

29
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Half-life

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The average time it takes for the number of Nuclei in a radioactive isotope sample to halve

30
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What happens each time decay happens

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An alpha, Beta or gamma is given out

31
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The older the sample…

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The less radiation it will emit

32
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Short half-life

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The activity falls quickly, because lots of the nuclei decay quickly

33
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Long half-life

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The activity falls more slowly, because most of the nuclei don’t decay for a long time - they sit their unstable

34
Q

If the initial amount is 640. What is one half-life

A

320

35
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If the initial amount is 340. What is two half-life

A

160

36
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If the initial amount is 340. What is three half-life

A

80

37
Q

In the example 2 hours represents three half-lives so the half life is

A

120/30 = 40 minutes

38
Q

Name 4 uses of radiation

A

Smoke detectors
Tracers in medicine
Radiotherapy
Sterilisation

39
Q

What radiation do smoke detectors use

A

Alpha

  • A weak source is placed close to two electrons
  • The source causes ionisation and a current flows between the electrodes
  • If a fire occurs the smoke will absorb the radiation -> alarm sounds
40
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What radiation do tracers in medicine use

A

Beta or gamma

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