Characteristics of the Three Kinds of Emission
 

Characteristics of the Three Kinds of Emission problem 2


The diagram shows a piece of apparatus used to determine the nature of the emissions from a radioactive source. The absorbers can be raised out of or lowered into the path of the radiation from the source to the detector. The apparatus is evacuated.




The table gives a set of results for a particular radioactive source.



Which types of radiation are being emitted by the radioactive source?


  • -particles only

  • -particles

  • -particles and -particles

  • -particles and -rays


 

main author and content editor: Adebola Oluwadare