SPM Physics Chapter 10: Radioactivity

Description

Course Content:

1. Radioactive Emission
   1. 3 Types of Radioactive Emission
   2. Characteristics of Radioactive Emission
2. Detecting radioactive emission
   1. Gold Leaf Electroscope
   2. Geiger-Muller Tube
   3. Cloud chamber
   4. Spark-Chamber Detector
   5. Film Badge (Dosimeter)
3. Radioactive decay
   1. Alpha decay
   2. Beta decay
   3. Gamma emission
4. Rate of decay and half-life
5. Uses of isotopes in our daily lives
   1. Uses of Radioisotope in Archeology
   2. Uses of Radioisotope in Industry
   3. Uses of Radioisotope in Medical
   4. Uses of Radioisotope in Agriculture
6. Nuclear energy
   1. Atomic Mass Unit (a.m.u.)
   2. Nuclear Fission
   3. Chain Reaction
   4. Nuclear Fusion
   5. Nuclear Reactor