Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Hazards and Uses of Radiation.
The process of exposing an object to nuclear radiation, which does not cause the object to become radioactive itself.
Irradiation appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Atomic structure, especially Hazards and Uses of Radiation and Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes.
Atomic structure
Hazards and Uses of Radiation • Different half-lives of radioactive isotopes
Waves
Electromagnetic Waves • Uses and applications of electromagnetic waves
Waves
Electromagnetic Waves • Properties of electromagnetic waves 2
Atomic structure
Nuclear Radiation • Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
Atomic structure
Hazards and Uses of Radiation • Uses of nuclear radiation
Atomic structure
Nuclear Radiation • Radioactive contamination
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