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Question 17

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.

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6.3 Nuclear equations and decay Questions

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6.3 Nuclear equations and decay

90 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 6.3 Nuclear equations and decay. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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Question 17

Radioactive isotopes have widespread applications outside of medicine, particularly in industry and engineering.

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.

[6]

Markscheme

6.3 Nuclear equations and decay Questions

GCSE
Physics
6.3 Nuclear equations and decay

90 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 6.3 Nuclear equations and decay. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.