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WJEC 3430QD

Specified practical work — Specified practical work – half-life of a model radioactive source

WJEC Science Double Award specifies determination of half-life using a model radioactive source in Unit 6.6.

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Interactive Practical · GCSE Physics

Half-life of a model radioactive source

Throw 120 dice fifteen times, removing the sixes as decays, then plot the number remaining against throw number and read two half-lives from the curve.

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