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Don't call me Radiodaughter
Half-lives
Fission, Fusion, Both, or Neither
Major Players
Hodgepodge
100
Forms when Iron-53 undergoes beta decay
What is Cobalt-53?
100
The amount of 16 grams of a radioisotope that is left after 6 hours if the radioisotope has a half life of 2 hours
What is 2 grams?
100
Involves the splitting of a radioisotope into two smaller isotopes
What is fission?
100
Apha particle
What is 4 over 2 He?
100
Elements with more than 83 protons all have this in common
What is they are radioactive?
200
Forms when Th-230 undergoes alpha decay
What is Ra-226?
200
Time required for 560 g of hafnium-156 (half -life = 0.025 s) to decay to one-fourth its original mass
What is 0.0500 s?
200
Requires no special containment of the fuel in the reaction
What is neither fission nor fusion?
200
0 over -1 e
What is a beta particle?
200
Number of neutrons in a carbon-13 atom
What is 7?
300
Forms when Argon-37 undergoes electron capture
What is Chlorine-37?
300
This is the amount of time required for 18 grams of C-14 to decay until 9 grams of C-14 is left (half-life of C-14 is 5700 years).
What is 5700 years?
300
Involves the merging of two very light nuclei to form one nuclei
What is fusion?
300
0 over +1 e
What is a positron?
300
The most penetrating form of radioactivity
What is gamma rays?
400
Forms when Potassium-38 undergoes positron emission
What is Argon-38?
400
The amount of a 400 mg radioisotope (half-life= 5 minutes) that remains after 30 minutes?
What is 6.25 mg?
400
Involves a special chamber called a tokamak that utilizes a magnetic field to contain the plasma required for this process
What is fusion?
400
The major player that is not a particle but is energy
What is gamma?
400
Force that holds the neutrons and protons together in the nucleus
What is the strong nuclear force?
500
The alpha bombardment of Ruthenium-102 produces a neutron and this isotope
What is Palladium-105?
500
The amount of 10.0 g sample of Rn-222 (half-life of 3.8 days) that remains after 14 days
What is 0.78 grams?
500
Produces tremendous amounts of energy due to the conversion of mass to energy
What is both fission and fusion?
500
This particle is absorbed by control rods in the core of a nuclear power plant
What is the neutron?
500
The smallest amount of radioactive material that will support a self-sustained fission reaction
What is critical mass?