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100
particle with a mass of 4 and a charge of 2.
What is an alpha particle?
100
When a nucleus is bombarded by a neutron and is caused to split.
What is fission?
100
the product of fusion on the sun and stars.
What is helium?
100
neptunium-237 undergoes beta decay.
What is Pu-237?
100
alpha, beta and gamma.
What are types of ionizing radiation?
200
particle that can be stopped by aluminum.
What is a beta particle?
200
type of material used to control fission.
What is graphite?
200
the two isotopes of hydrogen that are used in fusion reactions.
What are deuterium (H-2) and tritium (H-3)?
200
the alpha decay of Ra-224.
What is Rn-220?
200
elements after this element are all radioactive.
What is lead?
300
most dangerous type of ionizing radiation.
What is a gamma particle?
300
type of reaction that takes place if control rods are not used.
What is a chain reaction?
300
our current nuclear reactors are unable to obtain this inorder for fusion to occur.
What are very high temperatures?
300
Phosphorus-35 captures a positron.
What is S-35?
300
synthetic elements made from uranium.
What are transuranium elements?
400
will cause an atom's mass to remain the same, but it's atomic number will increase by 1.
What is a beta emission/decay?
400
most common isotope of uranium that is used for fission.
What is U-235?
400
the combining of of two smaller nuclei.
What is fusion?
400
positron emission by sulfur-36.
What is P-36?
400
visible light, radio waves and microwaves are examples.
What are types of non-ionizing radiation?
500
a positive electron.
What is a positron?
500
the products of the fission of the common isotope of uranium.
What are Kr-92, Ba-141 and 3 neutrons.
500
the process caused the fusion reaction in a hydrogen bomb.
What is fission?
500
Uranium-238 absorbs a deuterium atom and becomes Np-238 and emits this.
What are 2 neutrons.
500
when nuclei are hit with alpha particles to create new elements.
What is a transmutation reaction?