Physics GCSE
Random nature of radioactive decay
What Random nature of radioactive decay means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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You cannot predict which particular nucleus will decay next, or exactly when it will happen.
Topics that use Random nature of radioactive decay
- Radioactive emissions (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorbing materials
- Alpha emission
- Beta emission
- conservation of charge
- conservation of mass number
- Conventional nuclear notation
- Electron energy levels
- Emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation
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