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Andy Darvill's Science Site: Types of Radioactivity
Find out about radioactivity, and how it occurs inside an atom's unstable nucleus.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Atoms: Neutrons
Students will find an explanation of the neutron particle located inside the atom's nucleus. Website also defines isotopes and the process of radioactive decay.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Basic Nuclear Science Information
Site provides the ABC's of nuclear science including radioactivity and gamma decay to fission and comic rays.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Gamma Decay
A brief explanation of the process of gamma decay is provided.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Atoms
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Beta Decay
Entry explores the process of beta decay which occurs when, in a nucleus with too many protons or too many neutrons, one of the protons or neutrons is transformed into the other.