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Topic 6: Radioactivity
Quick questions on Background radiation and detection - Edexcel GCSE Physics
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Name one source of background radiation from space. [1 mark]
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A GM tube reads counts per minute; the background is counts per minute. State the corrected count rate. [1 mark]
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