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nuclear chemistry
nuclear bombs
uranium documentary
decay/radiation
nuclear equations
100
medical use for radioactive elements
cancer treatments, tumor treatments, scans
100
What are the two types of reactions that make up bombs?
fusion and fission
100
Originally uranium was found in a silver mine and they believed it to be...
A non usable rock
100
The type of decay that can be stopped by a piece of paper
alpha
100
Thorium 236 decays into Thorium 232. What type of radiation occurred?
apha decay, loses two protons and two neutrons (a weight of 4) 236-4=232
200
scientists associated with nuclear chemistry
rutherford, oppenhiemer, einstein, curie
200
The material used in the atom bomb is....
Uranium
200
The rock they found they used in glass which under certain light would....
glow
200
The type of decay that can be stopped by aluminum/steel
beta decay
200
If an element undergoes beta decay will the atomic mass change?
Yes the mass will increase by one, it has lost an electron and a neutron has changed to a proton
300
nuclear chemistry famously used for medicine, bombs and.....
energy, electricity, power
300
the events occurring in a nuclear bomb can be described as a domino effect also known as a __________reaction
chain reaction
300
Many scientist researched into the properties of the rock and found that it did not capture the suns energy but emitted....
radiation, small particles of energy
300
The type of decay that can be stopped by lead
gamma decay
300
Carbon 18 loses two protons and two neutrons, it has gone through __________ decay
alpha decay
400
True or False. There is radiation all around is but it is low enough to be safe.
True it is called background radiation
400
Where is a safe place to hide in the event of a nuclear bomb?
In a concrete bunker under ground
400
In the war after the bombs were dropped on Japan what were the effects for people who survived
radiation poisoning, atomic plague, radiation damage,
400
The type of decay where two protons and two neutrons are lost
alpha decay
400
If uranium 267 undergoes gamma decay what does it become?
Uranium 267 because gamma decay loses no mass or matter just energy
500
the time it takes an amount of radioactive material to lose half its radioactive atoms
half life
500
What was the technology of the bomb also used for?
rockets to space / the discovery probe
500
Places like Chernobyl are still radioactive because....
The radioactive atoms are still present
500
The type of decay where waves of energy are lost
gamma decay
500
Cesium 312 undergoes alpha and beta decay and so its new mass will be....
308