what is the important isotope fund in smoke detectors?
100
when it is swallowed.
when is americium harmful to people?
100
Ionizing radiation is radiation with enough energy so that during an interaction with an atom, it can remove tightly bound electrons from the orbit of an atom, causing the atom to become charged or ionized.
what is ionizing radiation?
200
95
using the periodic table find the atomic number of americium
200
it uses a photoelectric sensor to detect the change in light level caused by smoke.
what does ionizing radiation have to do with smoke detectors?
300
ionizing smoke detectors use an ionizing chamber and a source of ionizing radiation to detect smoke
how does ionization radiation result in a working smoke detector?