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radioactivity
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/20/2009

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Rad cloud travel subject to
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lapse rails, height, moisture, and most important wind speedand direction.
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airborne pathways to humans
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inhalation, paticulate matter, ingestion
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types of radiations
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alpha, beta, gamma
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alpha rad
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heavy, fast,low energy, stop by paper
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beta rad
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fast, pass thrught water andhumna radiation
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gamma
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high energy (xrays), most lethal, stopped by lead or concrete, decays fater then a or b
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half life
Definition
timeto lose 50% of energy or mass
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airborn rad
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cesiam(30) Krypton(10.8) Iodine 8 day
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what is radon?
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rad gas made of uranuim ad raduim
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where is radon found
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found everywhere in granite, shale, phosphate, damage DNA and cant be detected
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where is radon found
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found everywhere in granite, shale, phosphate, damage DNA and cant be detected
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