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- Subject: Physics
- AS: AS90256
- Level: 2
- Credits: 2
- External
Physics 2.5 Demonstrate understanding of atoms and radioactivity
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Make sure you have up-to-date notes. You may be tested on the following phenomena, concepts, and principles:
- Models of the atom (Dalton, Thomson, and Rutherford)
- gold foil experiment
- radioactive decay
- half life
- conservation of atomic and mass number in alpha, beta, and gamma emission reactions
- ionising ability, penetration ability, and behaviour in a magnetic field.
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