02. radioactive decay background radiation

What device measures radiation?

Geiger muller counter

What happens when there’s no radioactive sources? what does this cause?

Background radiation is still detected

What needs to be factored with experiments involving radioactive decay?

Factor in background radiation

Describe how the counter moved up

Random detections of background radiation make it unpredictable

What is the standard unit for measuring radiation activity?

Becquerel (Bq)

What is a 1Bq?

1 decay per second