Week 12: Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics

Learning Objectives for this Week

After going through this unit activities carefully, you should be able to

  • Explain nuclear radiation.
  • Explain the type of radiation – alpha emission, beta emission, and gamma emission.
  • Define and discuss the nucleus in an atom.
  • Define and discuss nuclear decay.
  • Define half-life.

an image illustrating alpha, beta, and gamma radiation form an atom. Alpha and beta are particles leaving an atom, gamma are rays leaving an atom.

Image credit: Pearson Scott Foresman. (2019). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radioactive_decay_of_atomic_nucleus_(PSF).png

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