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It is in beta plus decay that we see the positron emitted from the nucleus. (An electron is emitted in beta minus decay.) Within the nucleus of an unstable atom, a proton transforms into a neutron, and a positron is ejected from the nucleus (along with a neutrino). As the nucleus now has one more proton than it did before, its atomic number just went up by one; it is another element.
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What is 3 examples nuclear transmutation?
Because transmutation, the change of one element into another, is only accomplished by some kind of change in the nucleus of an atom. It's a nuclear change, and a nuclear reaction is the only change that will facilitate transmutation.
Alpha decay and beta decay are two forms of decay that cause transmutation?
Transmutation, which is the change of atoms from one element to another.
How do nuclear power plants contribute to thermal pollution?
Nuclear power plants do not cause thermal polution.
Why are nuclear wast products a problem?
Nuclear waste products can leave isotopes that contaminate the environment and cause heath problems.
What is the cause of immediate destruction of a nuclear explosion?
blast effects
All nuclear reactions due to nuclear transmutation?
Nuclear reactions may or may not involve nuclear transmutation. We need to split hairs here to arrive at the correct answer, and the answer involves the definition of the word transmutation. We sometimes think of transmutation as the changing of one element to another. Fission and fusion reactions do this, and many kinds of radioactive decay also convert one element into another. But there are some kinds of nuclear reactions that do not change an atom from one element to another, but instead change it from one isotope of a given element into another isotope of that element. There are a number of examples of this, and one is where isotopes of a given element absorb a neutron and become another isotope of that element. A given nucleus incorporates the neutron into its nuclear arrangement and the next heavier isotope of that element is created. If a "strict" definition of transmutation is used where it means a nuclear reaction that changes one element into another, then no, this does not always happen as illustrated above with the example of neutron absorption. If a more general interpretation of the term is used where we say that the nucleus transmutes meaning changes configuration, then yes, nuclear reactions involve nuclear transmutation.
How are rusting and transmutation related?
be cause
What is 3 examples nuclear transmutation?
Because transmutation, the change of one element into another, is only accomplished by some kind of change in the nucleus of an atom. It's a nuclear change, and a nuclear reaction is the only change that will facilitate transmutation.
Alpha decay and beta decay are two forms of decay that cause transmutation?
Transmutation, which is the change of atoms from one element to another.
What happens during a transmutation?
Transmutation is a what happens when a cellular change occurs in an atom. This mutation will occur in an atom if it is unstable as a way to stabilize itself.
Would Emission Leak cause your car to over heat?
No.
Can a bad air conditioning unit cause emission test to fail?
No
What cause of nuclear war?
There has never been a Nuclear War
Alpha decay and beta decay are two forms of radioactive decay that cause .?
Transmutation, which is the change of atoms from one element to another.
Can nuclear energy cause health problems?
Yes nuclear energy can cause very serious health problems, as nuclear reactions give out nuclear radiations which ionise the blood cells and can even cause blood cancer. These nuclear radiations are also called ionising radiations.----JAYRAJ Patel
What major problems can nuclear energy cause?
Nuclear waste, depletion of Uranium.
Cause of radioactivity?
Nuclear activity
