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Basic Facts
100
Who first studied Alpha Decay?

Antoine Henri Becquerel

100

What year did Rutherford definitively showed that an alpha particle were helium nuclei

1908

100

Alpha Decay can be used i smoke detectors.

TRUE

100

What is an Alpha Particle?

Helium Particle

200

What were the two types of Radiation that Rutherford discovered?

Alpha and Beta rays 

200

Who did Rutherford work with is 1902

Fredrick Soddy

200

Alpha Decay is used for dating certain rocks and minerals.

TRUE

200

Who is credited for discovering Alpha Decay?

Ernest Rutherford

300

What year did Rutherford and Fredrick show that radioactive decay involved the transmutation of one element into another?

1902

300

What are the two types of radiation from uranium that Rutherford found

Alpha and beta rays

300

Alpha Decay is not dangerous internally but dangerous externally.

FALSE

300

Are Alpha Particles dangerous to the skin?

No

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