Radioactive isotopes have widespread applications outside of medicine, particularly in industry and engineering.
Describe one way a radioactive isotope is used as an industrial tracer to locate a leak in an underground pipe, and one way a radioactive isotope is used in a thickness monitoring system for manufacturing metal sheets.
In your answer, you should explain how the physical properties (such as half-life, penetrating power, and ionizing power) of the chosen isotopes make them suitable for each specific application.
90 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 6.3 Nuclear equations and decay, covering 6.3.1 Beta-minus and beta-plus decay, 6.3.2 Effects of decay on the nucleus, and 6.3.3 Balancing nuclear equations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.