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Ch.21 - Nuclear Chemistry

Chapter 21, Problem 11c

Give the symbol for (c) gamma radiation.

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Welcome back everyone. We have a true or false example. The statement reads that the gamma radiation symbol is data. So let's recall that gamma radiation consists of high energy photons. When we think of our electromagnetic spectrum recall that gamma radiation is further towards the right, meaning anything further towards the right has higher energy based on a higher value of electron volts. And so we also want to recognize that the symbol for gamma radiation is going to be a symbol that appears as follows. Which is this y shaped symbol here. And so when the prompt says that gamma radiation symbol is data, we would say that this is incorrect. We know that it's this symbol. And so this would be a false statement and so false would be our final answer. To complete this example. I hope everything I reviewed was clear. If you have any questions, please leave them down below and I will see everyone in the next practice video.