Physics A-Level
Randomness of radioactive decay
What Randomness of radioactive decay means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Randomness of radioactive decay
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For any given nucleus, we cannot know when it will decay, and in a sample, different nuclei decay at different times.
Topics that use Randomness of radioactive decay
- Radioactivity (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Absorber
- Alpha decay
- Beta-minus decay
- Beta-plus decay
- Carbon-14 and half-life
- Corrected count rate
- Decay constant
- Experimental measurement of half-life
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