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aksik [14]
3 years ago
5

Why is it okay to have a radioactive alpha source in a smoke detector in your house?

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1 answer:
egoroff_w [7]3 years ago
5 0
When smoke particles pass between the source of radiation and the detector the drop in radiation will be sufficient to tigger the alarm. <span />
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Putting the given values into the above formula as follows.

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