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Atomic Structure
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Particle Mass Charge
Proton
Neutron
Electron
Neutron
Electron
Proton
Nucleus
1
1
1/1840th
+1
none
-1
A Helium Atom
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XA
Z
C12
6 H1
1 Li7
3
Symbolof theelement
Nucleonnumber
Protonnumber
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H1
1 H2
1 H3
1
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He4
2 He3
2
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C12
6 C14
6
Now lets have a closer look at thenuclei of these isotopes.
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C12
6 C14
67 N
Carbon-12 is stable but Carbon-14 is unstable (a radio-isotope). Carbon-14 emits a beta particle and decays to become nitrogen
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Calculate the number of protons, electrons and neutrons shown below -
12
C 6
13
C 6
14
C 6
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Notes from Syllabus: An atom has a small central nucleus made
from protons and neutrons surrounded by electrons.
All atoms in an element have the same number of protons.
An atom can have different isotopes (different number of neutrons).
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Half Life
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How about with Real Atoms Look at the generated graph. How long does it take for ½ of the atoms to decay? How long for 3/4? How long for 7/8? How long for 15/16
Decay
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Half-life is the time it takes for half of the atoms of a sample to decay.
For example:• A student was testing a sample of 8 grams of radioactive
protactinium. Protactinium has a a half life of 1 minute and decays into actinium.
• After 1 minute there would be 4 g of protactinium (and 4 g of actinium).
• After 2 minutes there would be 2 g of protactinium remaining (and now 6g of actinium).
• After 3 minutes there would be 1 g of protactinium remaining (and now 7g of actinium)
Half Life
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Dating materials using half-lives
Question: Uranium decays into lead. The half life of uranium is 4,000,000 years. A sample of radioactive rock contains 7 times as much lead as it does uranium. Calculate the age of the sample.
8
8
Answer: The sample was originally completely uranium…
…of the sample
was uranium
4
8
2
8
1
8Now only 4/8 of
the uranium remains – the
other 4/8 is lead
Now only 2/8 of uranium
remains – the other 6/8 is
lead
Now only 1/8 of uranium
remains – the other 7/8 is
leadSo it must have taken 3 half lives for the sample to decay until only 1/8 remained (which means that there is 7 times as much lead). Each half life is 4,000,000 years so the sample is 12,000,000 years old.
1 half life later…
1 half life later…
1 half life later…
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An exam question…
Potassium decays into argon. The half life of potassium is 1.3 billion years. A sample of rock from Mars is found to contain three argon atoms for every atom of potassium. How old is the rock?
(3 marks)
The rock must be 2 half lives old – 2.6 billion years
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Notes from Syllabus: Radioactive substances emit radiation from
the nuclei of their atoms all the time. The half-life of a radioactive isotope is
Either the time it takes for the number of nuclei of the isotope in a sample to halve
or the time it takes for the count rate from a sample containing the isotope to fall to half its initial level.
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Types of Radiation
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Types of Radiation [Use all of the other side of the paper]
Alpha Beta Gamma
Description
Electric Charge
Relative Atomic Mass
Penetrating Power
Ionising Effect
Effect of Magnetic / Electric Field
Uses
Dangers
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What is radioactive decay?
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How do materials affect radiation?
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How do magnetic fields effect radiation?
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Using the information on the following slides to fill in your table
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Description
What is alpha (α) radiation?
Electric charge +2
Relative atomic mass4
Penetrating power Stopped by paper or a few centimetres of air
Ionizing effect Strongly ionizing
Effect of magnetic/ electric field
Weakly deflected
2 neutrons, 2 protons
Note:– An alpha particle is the same as a helium nucleus
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What is beta (β) radiation?Description
Electric charge
Relative atomic mass
Penetrating power
Ionizing effect
Effect of magnetic/ electric field
-1
1/1860
Stopped by a few millimetres of aluminium
Weakly ionizing
Strongly deflected
High energy electron
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Gamma () radiationDescription
Electric charge
Relative atomic mass
Penetrating power
Ionizing effect
Effect of magnetic/ electric field
0
0
Stopped by several centimetres of lead or several metres of concrete
Very weakly ionizingNot deflected
High energy electromagnetic radiation
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Types of radiation and penetrating power
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Types of radiation and range in air
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Uses
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What is radiation used for?
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Smoke alarms contain a weak source of alpha radiation.
How can radiation detect a fire?
The alpha particles ionize the air.
If there is smoke present, it interacts with the ions produced by the alpha particles and ionization is reduced.
This means that less current is flowing through the air, which causes the alarm to sound.
α
α
smoke particle
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How is radiation used in making paper?
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How can radiation find leaks in pipes?
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How can radiation detect cracks?
Gamma rays can also be used to detect cracks after an object has been welded.
If a gamma source is placed on one side of the welded metal, and a photographic film on the other side, any flaws will show up on the film like an X-ray.
Gamma rays are like X-rays.
welded metal pipe
photographic film
welding flaws
HighLevelnuclearwaste
Microbes can be killed using gammaradiation
Increasingdose tumour
view throughthe head
skull
healthybraintissue
Gamma rays can be used to treat brain tumours
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Uses of radiation – activity
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Dangers
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Dangers of ionizing radiations
Fill in the last part of your table
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As well as the normal laboratory safety rules you follow, are there any extra rules concerning radioactivity?
Radiation safetyThe three types of radiation differ in their effects and physical nature.
All radioactive sources must be handled safely.
The hazard symbol for radiation is shown below:
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Radioactive materials could be very dangerous to handle if no safety precautions were taken.
How are radioactive sources used safely?
use tongs or a robotic arm to handle radioactive materials.
keep exposure times as short as possible monitor exposure with a film dose badge
label radioactive sources clearly store radioactive sources in
shielded containers wear protective clothing
The safety precautions are:
This is because people and their clothing could become contaminated.
Write down on first side of the paper
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Background radiation is the radiation all around us.
Background radiation
How many different sources of background radiation can you think of?
Most of the radioactivity you are exposed to is from natural sources.
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Calculating background radiation