• Question: Whats the most interesting thing/fact you have found while in one of your investigations?

    Asked by Kiwi O.o to Sarah, Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert on 13 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by zlatan, chels.
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      Angela Stokes answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Hi Kiwi 0.o
      Thank you for your question. It is quite difficult to answer, but whilst doing my degree in Chemistry I remember getting my first taste of radiation chemistry whilst doing my thesis. I was looking at how radiation affects sulphur-sulphur bonds in specific materials. I remember making little round discs and putting electrodes on them and measuring the resistance. The whole thing was then sent to be irradiated at different doses and I measured the resistance of each when it came back. I was really surprised that there was a relationship between the amount of radiation and the resistance – it wasn’t a linear relationship but it was pretty interesting and I won a prize for it. This was the first time I had really designed my own project so it sticks in my mind quite a bit.

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