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Cam

brid

ge IG

CS

E –

Mar

k S

chem

e Fo

r exa

min

atio

n

SPEC

IMEN

fro

m 2

020

Pag

e 2

of 1

UC

LES

202

0

Gen

eric

Mar

king

Prin

cipl

es

Thes

e ge

nera

l mar

king

prin

cipl

es m

ust b

e ap

plie

d by

all

exam

iner

s w

hen

mar

king

can

dida

te a

nsw

ers.

The

y sh

ould

be

appl

ied

alon

gsid

e th

e sp

ecifi

c co

nten

t of t

he m

ark

sche

me

or g

ener

ic le

vel d

escr

ipto

rs fo

r a q

uest

ion.

Eac

h qu

estio

n pa

per a

nd m

ark

sche

me

will

als

o co

mpl

y w

ith th

ese

mar

king

pr

inci

ples

.

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

1:

Mar

ks m

ust b

e aw

arde

d in

line

with

:

•th

e sp

ecifi

c co

nten

t of t

he m

ark

sche

me

or th

e ge

neric

leve

l des

crip

tors

for t

he q

uest

ion

•th

e sp

ecifi

c sk

ills

defin

ed in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e or

in th

e ge

neric

leve

l des

crip

tors

for t

he q

uest

ion

•th

e st

anda

rd o

f res

pons

e re

quire

d by

a c

andi

date

as

exem

plifi

ed b

y th

e st

anda

rdis

atio

n sc

ripts

.

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

2:

Mar

ks a

war

ded

are

alw

ays

who

le m

arks

(not

hal

f mar

ks, o

r oth

er fr

actio

ns).

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

3:

Mar

ks m

ust b

e aw

arde

d po

sitiv

ely:

•m

arks

are

aw

arde

d fo

r cor

rect

/val

id a

nsw

ers,

as

defin

ed in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e. H

owev

er, c

redi

t is

give

n fo

r val

id a

nsw

ers

whi

ch g

o be

yond

the

scop

e of

the

sylla

bus

and

mar

k sc

hem

e, re

ferr

ing

to y

our T

eam

Lea

der a

s ap

prop

riate

•m

arks

are

aw

arde

d w

hen

cand

idat

es c

lear

ly d

emon

stra

te w

hat t

hey

know

and

can

do

•m

arks

are

not

ded

ucte

d fo

r err

ors

•m

arks

are

not

ded

ucte

d fo

r om

issi

ons

•an

swer

s sh

ould

onl

y be

judg

ed o

n th

e qu

ality

of s

pelli

ng, p

unct

uatio

n an

d gr

amm

ar w

hen

thes

e fe

atur

es a

re s

peci

fical

ly a

sses

sed

by th

e qu

estio

n as

indi

cate

d by

the

mar

k sc

hem

e. T

he m

eani

ng, h

owev

er, s

houl

d be

una

mbi

guou

s.

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

4:

Rul

es m

ust b

e ap

plie

d co

nsis

tent

ly, e

.g. i

n si

tuat

ions

whe

re c

andi

date

s ha

ve n

ot fo

llow

ed in

stru

ctio

ns o

r in

the

appl

icat

ion

of g

ener

ic le

vel

desc

ripto

rs.

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

5:

Mar

ks s

houl

d be

aw

arde

d us

ing

the

full

rang

e of

mar

ks d

efin

ed in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e fo

r the

que

stio

n (h

owev

er; t

he u

se o

f the

full

mar

k ra

nge

may

be

lim

ited

acco

rdin

g to

the

qual

ity o

f the

can

dida

te re

spon

ses

seen

).

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ge IG

CS

E –

Mar

k S

chem

e Fo

r exa

min

atio

n

SPEC

IMEN

fro

m 2

023

Pag

e 3

of 1

UC

LES

202

0

GE

NE

RIC

MA

RK

ING

PR

INC

IPLE

6:

Mar

ks a

war

ded

are

base

d so

lely

on

the

requ

irem

ents

as

defin

ed in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e. M

arks

sho

uld

not b

e aw

arde

d w

ith g

rade

thre

shol

ds o

r gra

de

desc

ripto

rs in

min

d.

Scie

nce-

Spec

ific

Mar

king

Prin

cipl

es

1 E

xam

iner

s sh

ould

con

side

r the

con

text

and

sci

entif

ic u

se o

f any

key

wor

ds w

hen

awar

ding

mar

ks. A

lthou

gh k

eyw

ords

may

be

pres

ent,

mar

ks

shou

ld n

ot b

e aw

arde

d if

the

keyw

ords

are

use

d in

corr

ectly

.

2 Th

e ex

amin

er s

houl

d no

t cho

ose

betw

een

cont

radi

ctor

y st

atem

ents

giv

en in

the

sam

e qu

estio

n pa

rt, a

nd c

redi

t sho

uld

not b

e aw

arde

d fo

r any

co

rrec

t sta

tem

ent t

hat i

s co

ntra

dict

ed w

ithin

the

sam

e qu

estio

n pa

rt. W

rong

sci

ence

that

is ir

rele

vant

to th

e qu

estio

n sh

ould

be

igno

red.

3 A

lthou

gh s

pelli

ngs

do n

ot h

ave

to b

e co

rrec

t, sp

ellin

gs o

f syl

labu

s te

rms

mus

t allo

w fo

r cle

ar a

nd u

nam

bigu

ous

sepa

ratio

n fro

m o

ther

syl

labu

s te

rms

with

whi

ch th

ey m

ay b

e co

nfus

ed (e

.g. e

than

e / e

then

e, g

luca

gon 

/ gly

coge

n, re

fract

ion 

/ ref

lect

ion)

.

4 Th

e er

ror c

arrie

d fo

rwar

d (e

cf) p

rinci

ple

shou

ld b

e ap

plie

d, w

here

app

ropr

iate

. If a

n in

corr

ect a

nsw

er is

sub

sequ

ently

use

d in

a s

cien

tific

ally

co

rrec

t way

, the

can

dida

te s

houl

d be

aw

arde

d th

ese

subs

eque

nt m

arki

ng p

oint

s. F

urth

er g

uida

nce

will

be

incl

uded

in th

e m

ark

sche

me

whe

re

nece

ssar

y an

d an

y ex

cept

ions

to th

is g

ener

al p

rinci

ple

will

be

note

d.

5 ‘L

ist r

ule’

gui

danc

e

Fo

r que

stio

ns th

at re

quire

n re

spon

ses

(e.g

. Sta

te tw

o re

ason

s …

):

•Th

e re

spon

se s

houl

d be

read

as

cont

inuo

us p

rose

, eve

n w

hen

num

bere

d an

swer

spa

ces

are

prov

ided

. •

Any

resp

onse

mar

ked

igno

re in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e sh

ould

not

cou

nt to

war

ds n

. •

Inco

rrec

t res

pons

es s

houl

d no

t be

awar

ded

cred

it bu

t will

stil

l cou

nt to

war

ds n

. •

Rea

d th

e en

tire

resp

onse

to c

heck

for a

ny re

spon

ses

that

con

tradi

ct th

ose

that

wou

ld o

ther

wis

e be

cre

dite

d. C

redi

t sho

uld

not b

e aw

arde

d fo

r any

resp

onse

s th

at a

re c

ontra

dict

ed w

ithin

the

rest

of t

he re

spon

se. W

here

two

resp

onse

s co

ntra

dict

one

ano

ther

, thi

s sh

ould

be

trea

ted

as a

sin

gle

inco

rrec

t res

pons

e. •

Non

-con

tradi

ctor

y re

spon

ses

afte

r the

firs

t n re

spon

ses

may

be

igno

red

even

if th

ey in

clud

e in

corr

ect s

cien

ce.

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CS

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k S

chem

e Fo

r exa

min

atio

n

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m 2

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e 4

of 1

UC

LES

202

0

6 C

alcu

latio

n sp

ecifi

c gu

idan

ce

C

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

to c

alcu

latio

ns s

houl

d be

giv

en fu

ll cr

edit

even

if th

ere

is n

o w

orki

ng o

r inc

orre

ct w

orki

ng, u

nles

s th

e qu

estio

n st

ates

‘sho

w

your

wor

king

’.

Fo

r que

stio

ns in

whi

ch th

e nu

mbe

r of s

igni

fican

t fig

ures

requ

ired

is n

ot s

tate

d, c

redi

t sho

uld

be a

war

ded

for c

orre

ct a

nsw

ers

whe

n ro

unde

d by

th

e ex

amin

er to

the

num

ber o

f sig

nific

ant f

igur

es g

iven

in th

e m

ark

sche

me.

Thi

s m

ay n

ot a

pply

to m

easu

red

valu

es.

Fo

r ans

wer

s gi

ven

in s

tand

ard

form

(e.g

. a ×

10n ) i

n w

hich

the

conv

entio

n of

rest

rictin

g th

e va

lue

of th

e co

effic

ient

(a) t

o a

valu

e be

twee

n 1

and

10 is

not

follo

wed

, cre

dit m

ay s

till b

e aw

arde

d if

the

answ

er c

an b

e co

nver

ted

to th

e an

swer

giv

en in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e.

U

nles

s a

sepa

rate

mar

k is

giv

en fo

r a u

nit,

a m

issi

ng o

r inc

orre

ct u

nit w

ill n

orm

ally

mea

n th

at th

e fin

al c

alcu

latio

n m

ark

is n

ot a

war

ded.

E

xcep

tions

to th

is g

ener

al p

rinci

ple

will

be

note

d in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e.

7 G

uida

nce

for c

hem

ical

equ

atio

ns

M

ultip

les 

/ fra

ctio

ns o

f coe

ffici

ents

use

d in

che

mic

al e

quat

ions

are

acc

epta

ble

unle

ss s

tate

d ot

herw

ise

in th

e m

ark

sche

me.

S

tate

sym

bols

giv

en in

an

equa

tion

shou

ld b

e ig

nore

d un

less

ask

ed fo

r in

the

ques

tion

or s

tate

d ot

herw

ise

in th

e m

ark

sche

me.

Mar

k ca

tego

ries

B m

arks

Thes

e ar

e in

depe

nden

t mar

ks, w

hich

do

not d

epen

d on

oth

er m

arks

. For

a B

mar

k to

be

awar

ded,

the

poin

t to

whi

ch it

refe

rs m

ust b

e se

en s

peci

fical

ly in

the

cand

idat

e’s

answ

er.

M m

arks

Thes

e ar

e m

etho

d m

arks

upo

n w

hich

A m

arks

late

r dep

end.

For

an

M m

ark

to b

e aw

arde

d, th

e po

int t

o w

hich

it re

fers

mus

t be

seen

sp

ecifi

cally

in th

e ca

ndid

ate’

s an

swer

. If a

can

dida

te is

not

aw

arde

d an

M m

ark,

the

late

r A m

ark

cann

ot b

e aw

arde

d ei

ther

.

C m

arks

Thes

e ar

e co

mpe

nsat

ory

mar

ks w

hich

can

be

awar

ded

even

if th

e po

ints

to w

hich

they

refe

r are

not

writ

ten

dow

n by

the

cand

idat

e,

prov

idin

g su

bseq

uent

wor

king

giv

es e

vide

nce

that

they

mus

t hav

e kn

own

them

. For

exa

mpl

e, if

an

equa

tion

carr

ies

a C

mar

k an

d th

e ca

ndid

ate

does

not

writ

e do

wn

the

actu

al e

quat

ion

but d

oes

corr

ect w

orki

ng w

hich

sho

ws

the

cand

idat

e kn

ew th

e eq

uatio

n, th

en th

e C

m

ark

is a

war

ded.

If a

corr

ect a

nsw

er is

giv

en to

a n

umer

ical

que

stio

n, a

ll of

the

prec

edin

g C

mar

ks a

re a

war

ded

auto

mat

ical

ly. It

is o

nly

nece

ssar

y to

co

nsid

er e

ach

of th

e C

mar

ks in

turn

whe

n th

e nu

mer

ical

ans

wer

is n

ot c

orre

ct.

A m

arks

Thes

e ar

e an

swer

mar

ks. T

hey

may

dep

end

on a

n M

mar

k or

allo

w a

C m

ark

to b

e aw

arde

d by

impl

icat

ion.

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brid

ge IG

CS

E –

Mar

k S

chem

e Fo

r exa

min

atio

n

SPEC

IMEN

fro

m 2

023

Pag

e 5

of 1

UC

LES

202

0

Abb

revi

atio

ns a

nd g

uida

nce

/A

ltern

ativ

e an

swer

s fo

r the

sam

e m

arki

ng p

oint

.

unde

rline

Act

ual w

ord

unde

rline

d m

ust b

e us

ed b

y ca

ndid

ate

(gra

mm

atic

al v

aria

nts

acce

pted

).

(bra

cket

s)Th

e w

ord

or p

hras

e in

bra

cket

s is

not

requ

ired

but s

ets

the

cont

ext.

AND / a

ndS

tate

men

ts o

n bo

th s

ides

of t

he A

ND

are

nee

ded

for t

hat m

ark.

OR / o

rIn

dica

tes

alte

rnat

ive

answ

ers,

any

one

of w

hich

is s

atis

fact

ory

for s

corin

g th

e m

arks

.

NOT / not

Indi

cate

s th

at a

n in

corr

ect a

nsw

er is

not

to b

e di

sreg

arde

d bu

t can

cels

ano

ther

oth

erw

ise

corr

ect a

ltern

ativ

e of

fere

d by

the

cand

idat

e fo

r thi

s m

ark.

Accept / Acc

A le

ss th

an id

eal a

nsw

er w

hich

sho

uld

be m

arke

d co

rrec

t.

Igno

re / Ig

Indi

cate

s th

at s

omet

hing

whi

ch is

not

cor

rect

or i

rrel

evan

t is

to b

e di

sreg

arde

d.

e.c.

f.‘e

rror

car

ried

forw

ard’

o.w

.t.t.e

.‘o

r wor

ds to

that

effe

ct’

s.f.

‘sig

nific

ant f

igur

es’ –

ans

wer

s ar

e no

rmal

ly a

ccep

tabl

e to

any

num

ber o

f sig

nific

ant f

igur

es ⩾

2. A

ny e

xcep

tions

to th

is g

ener

al

rule

will

be

spec

ified

in th

e m

ark

sche

me.

Arit

hmet

ic e

rror

sIf

the

only

err

or in

arr

ivin

g at

a fi

nal a

nsw

er is

cle

arly

an

arith

met

ic o

ne, a

ll bu

t the

fina

l A m

ark

can

be a

war

ded.

Reg

ard

a po

wer

of t

en e

rror

as

an a

rithm

etic

err

or.

Tran

scrip

tion

erro

rsIf

the

only

err

or in

arr

ivin

g at

a fi

nal a

nsw

er is

bec

ause

giv

en o

r pre

viou

sly

calc

ulat

ed d

ata

has

clea

rly b

een

mis

read

but

use

d co

rrec

tly, a

ll bu

t the

fina

l A m

ark

can

be a

war

ded.

Frac

tions

Onl

y ac

cept

thes

e w

here

spe

cifie

d in

the

mar

k sc

hem

e.

Cro

ssed

-out

wor

kW

ork

whi

ch h

as b

een

cros

sed

out a

nd n

ot re

plac

ed b

ut c

an e

asily

be

read

, sho

uld

be m

arke

d as

if it

had

not

bee

n cr

osse

d ou

t.

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of 1

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0

Que

stio

nA

nsw

erM

arks

1(a)

men

tion

of g

radi

ent o

f gra

ph a

t t =

30 

s O

R ta

ngen

t dra

wn

at t

= 30

 s a

nd tr

iang

le d

raw

n O

R v

alue

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t an

d v

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n fro

m

grap

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cal

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show

n

C1

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lera

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in ra

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0.30

to 0

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s2A

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a s

low

er ra

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driv

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ag A

ND

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ltant

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ssB

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area

und

er g

raph

 / ar

ea u

nder

line

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ance

= (2

0 ×

40) +

(21

× 4

0 ×

10) O

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× (3

0 +

20) ×

40

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stio

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forc

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1

impu

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(i)(p

=) m

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× 6

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1

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kg m

 / s

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3.0

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(ii)

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r ..

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nd F

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.. 000050

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or

0.04

6 ×

130 

000

C1

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(iii)

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nerg

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train

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mitt

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all

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of m

omen

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350 

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v m O

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0022

C1

Cor

rect

ans

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: e.g

. 330

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s gi

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15 0

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1

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of tr

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to s

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rece

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OR

alte

rnat

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rout

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I 8 =

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supply

OR

= 1224

OR

= 2

 (A)

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= 2 ×

8 =)

16 

VA

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stio

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nsw

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9(a)

ball

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B1

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ly c

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attra

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to +

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parti

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Q =

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rm O

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wor

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corr

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n pa

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er c

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10(b

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ms

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ng =

8 ×

1014

– 6

× 1

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2 ×

1014

C1

4 ×

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(Am

ato

ms

rem

ain

afte

r 470

yrs

or 1

hal

f-life

)C

1

(2 ×

1014

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ms

rem

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afte

r) 9

40 y

rs o

r 2 h

alf-l

ives

A1

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stio

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nsw

erM

arks

11(a

)hy

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as in

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by

grav

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incr

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s A

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a p

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nucl

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usio

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and

out

war

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from

this

reac

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bala

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inw

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forc

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)an

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:m

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ll po

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in s

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the

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t.e.

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whe

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mic

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regi

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