Elementary Radioactivity Elementary Radioactivity Elementary Radioactivity has been written primarily for first year undergraduate students with or without A-level Chemistry. It may be also used by second year chemistry students, or by those doing modular courses where radioactivity is part of a module.
Elemental notation is assumed by the program.
The software consists of seven sections and an introduction which explains when radioactivity was discovered and gives the definition of a radionuclide. Common elementary particles are also explained in this introductory section. The package has been designed so that it is easy to move from one section to another without completing the current section, and it is possible to use any part of the package at any time. Questions are presented at regular intervals to examine the knowledge gained, and simulations and animations are used to enhance the learning experience. This will be discussed in more detail later.