Physics GCSE
range of half-lives
What range of half-lives means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Half-life values span an extraordinary range, from tiny fractions of a second to billions of years.
Topics that use range of half-lives
- Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- activity against duration
- activity and half-life
- hazard over time
- medical tracers
- unit conversion
- waste storage
- steepness of decay curve
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