What is
Fusion
Half-Life
100
what is protons, neutrons, and electrons that make up an atom

Subatomic Particles

100

What is fusion

Combining smaller nuclei together to form larger nuclei

100

The time for half the radioactive nuclei in any sample to undergo radioactive decay

Half-life

200

breaking a large nucleus into smaller nuclei

Fission

200

Why isn't fusion used in power plants?

required temperatures are too high

200

if you start with 100 grams of plutonium-239, which has a half-life of 24,110 years, how much of it would remain after 96,400 years?

6.25

300

A high-energy photon is emitted from the radioactive nucleus.

Gamma Particle

300

What are the downsides of using fission as an energy source

Nuclear waste danger of out of control chain reaction

400

A negatively charged particle that spins around the outside of the nucleus.

Electron

400

Productive uses for nuclear chemistry

what are medicine, energy, food irradiation.

500

A Type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged particles

Electromagnetic forces

500

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