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    Misunderstood

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    or high energy particles released from decaying atoms. The one that I will be talking about is radioactive atoms (the green things that glow in the dark). This kind of radiation is called nuclear

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    b) Describe how the radioisotope is made. Radioactive cobalt-60 is produced in a process called activation‚ when materials in reactors‚ such as steel‚ are exposed to neutron radiation. Often isolated neutrons collide into atoms‚ and because they have no charge there is no repulsive force against them. These neutrons turn the atoms into isotopes; in this case typical iron-56 becomes iron-57‚ 58 and then 59. The heavy iron-59 atom is very unstable and decays to cobalt-59. Then cobalt-59 captures a neutron

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    Radio Isotopic Dating

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    substance. Radio isotopic dating‚ or radioactive dating is the calculation of a substance ’s age by measurement of the radioactive material it contains or of the amount of natural atomic fission that has occurred in the substance. By using these dating methods‚ scientists have been able to determine the age of many things for example‚ dead organisms‚ rocks‚ and even the Earth. One type of radio isotopic dating is recognized as carbon dating. The radioactive decay of carbon-14 is used in carbon dating

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    nuclear chem webquest

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    Nuclear Chemistry webquest by Margaret Moore semester 1 Chemistry Part One 1) The term Half-life for a radio-active substance means the time it takes for the substance to decay while decreasing by ½. 2) Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay in heavy elements with unstable nuclei being split into more stable smaller fragments 3) Two important application of neutron radiation are neutron therapy for tumors/cancer and neutron bombs for defense. 4) Ionization radiation is radiation

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    Radio Active Isotopes

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    Radioactive Isotopes Radioactive Isotopes Medical isotopes are used in medicine in three distinct ways: 1. Radioactive isotopes can be injected into a patient‚ and their emitted energy can then be captured on film. The resulting image is an important diagnostic tool.   2. Gamma rays emitted from a radioactive source can be directed onto a tumour‚ destroying the cancerous cells.   3. Radioactive isotopes can be manufactured into drugs. Once injected into a patient‚ the drug will

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    Red Radon Research Paper

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    This element was originally named niton after the latin word for shining like nitons. Radon means or chemical element of atomic number of 86 and rare radioactive gas by the following of noble gas. The atomic mass is 222 for this element. There is 86 protons a nice almond and 136 neutrons. There is usually today eight electrons pair a shell. This element is a nonmetal and that means that it This element is a nonmetal and that means that it doesn’t have anything to do with a metal substance.

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    Half Life Experiment

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    Life is the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half its original value. When does a radioactive sample emit the largest number of decay particles? Why is this information important? (How can it be applied in our world today?) : When it is young. A recent incident that illustrates the importance of this is‚ that although a large amount of radioactive material from the Japanese reactors went into the Pacific Ocean about a year ago‚ most of the harmful radiation in

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    the decay product resulting from the emission of an alpha particle from a) 207 82 210 85 At ? Pb b) 210 86 Rn c) 206 83 Bi d) 206 81 Tl e) 206 85 At 2. Which nuclide is needed to balance the following nuclear reaction? 235 92 U + b) 138 53 1 0 n  ? + c) 137 53 96 39 1 Y + 30n a) 139 53 I I I d) 136 53 I e) 135 53 I 3. Only one of the following isotopes of strontium undergoes radioactive decay

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    Nuclear Physics

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    ** Atom and Introduction to Nuclear physics ** Introduction Alpha-particle scattering 2.1 Experimental set-up ➢ Alpha particle o is a high-energy helium nucleus with 2 protons and 2 neutrons. o has 2 positive charges. ➢ Gold foil was chosen since it has a high atomic mass. Thin gold foil‚ ~10-6m was bombarded by high-energy alpha particles. ➢ Angular deflections/ scattering of alpha particles were measured by observing

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    "Hot" Extended Definition

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    Hot b. Being at a high temperature. 3. Causing a burning sensation‚ as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry. a. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper. b. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel. a. Informal Arousing intense interest‚ excitement‚ or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic. c. Violent; raging: a hot battle. 7. Slang Sexually excited or exciting. a. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.

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