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GCSE - OCR 21 Century
P3 Radioactive Materials
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Sterilization of medical instruments and food is a common application of radiation.

 

     

 P3 Uses of ionising radiation

Syllabus Summary Questions Answers

       
 1. What type of ionising radiation kills bacteria on food and surgical instruments?

 2. In radiotherapy, why must the ionising radiation be focused on the cancer cells only?

 3. When killing cancer cells with ionising radiation, nearby healthy cells are also damaged, true or false?