WAEC - Chemistry (2012 - No. 7)
Which of the following statements about a radioactive substance is/are correct? l. lt emits radiation continuously and spontaneously. ll. The emitted radiations are affected by temperature and pressure III. The radiation can penetrate opaque matter
ll only
l and ll only
l and lll only
ll and lll only
Explicació
The properties of radioactive elements holds true except that radioactive decay is not dependent on external conditions except electron capture and bombarding the radioactive material with subatomic particles.