Characteristics of the Three Kinds of Emission
 

Characteristics of the Three Kinds of Emission problem 16


Why is a thick shield made of lead needed to protect people from a source of -rays?


  • Gamma radiation is strongly ionising and so is very penetrating.

  • Gamma radiation is strongly ionising and so is not very penetrating.

  • Gamma radiation is weakly ionising and so is very penetrating.

  • Gamma radiation is weakly ionising and so is not very penetrating.


 

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