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- 1. Besides death, ___________ is a very serious effect of very high levels of radiation exposure.
- 2. _____________ -131 is the most common type of radioisotope therapy.
- 6. A supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol chamber used for visualizing the passage of ionizing radiation.
- 8. Natural or artificial ionizing radiation in an environment, not due to deliberate introduction.
- 11. Material used to minimize exposure to radioactive materials in hospitals and nuclear plants.
- 14. The time take for half of the unstable nuclei of a sample of radioactive material to decay.
- 15. T1/2 = 0.693/λ: what does the symbol mean?
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- 1. To determine the age of a fossil from the carboniferous period, use __________ .
- 3. The SI unit of activity is the___________.
- 4. Spontaneous and random means that is ________ to predict when a particular nucleus will decay, but it is possible to estimate the probability of decay if the half-life is known.
- 5. Device that produces visual and audible signals when ionizing radiation is detected.
- 7. A hollow tune for detection of nuclear radiation.
- 9. Spontaneous disintegration of the atomic nuclei leading to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles.
- 10. A substance, microorganism, virus, prion or toxin that poses a threat to humans and other living organisms.
- 12. Most common radioactive substance that can enter basements of homes in the USA through cracks and crevices becoming a health hazard.
- 13. Which of the three types of radioactive emissions is not a particle?