Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Nuclear Radiation.
A device that relies on the strongly ionising but weakly penetrating properties of alpha radiation to detect smoke particles and trigger an alarm.
smoke detectors appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Atomic structure, especially Nuclear Radiation and Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation.
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