Abstract
Radioactive substances have the ability to ionise the air surrounding them and it is this property that is used to distinguish them from materials which are not radioactive.
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Keighley, H.J.P., McKim, F.R., Clark, A., Harrison, M.J. (1986). Radioactivity and the Atom. In: Mastering Physics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08849-2_26
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