Radioactive isotopes can cause burns , mutations ,cancer and death .
On the body? High energy radiation, such as the EM waves beyond and including UV, i.e. X-ray, gamma. Have the adverse effect of damaging human DNA, which over time causes mutations, resulting in cancer or organ failure. Short exposure to large doses of radiation damages the tissue that has been exposed to it, the risk of mutation is lower due to the short exposure time, but tissue may be severely damaged by the radiation leading to internal bleeding. There could also be severe and permanent scars to where the radiation was close to. Also, it could lead to death of course.
Radioactivity Effects:
*Is a toxic because it forms ions when it reacts with biological molecules. These ions can form free radicals, which damage proteins, membranes, and nucleic acids.
*Can damage DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by destroying individual bases (particularly thymine), by breaking single strands, by breaking double strands, by cross-linking different DNA strands, and by cross-linking DNA and proteins. Damage to DNA can lead to cancers, , birth defects and even death.
Contamination or poisoning?
For contamination it depends on the contaminant.
For poisoning the short term effects are mostly nausea, blood chemistry changes, and hair loss. If severe poisoning you will likely recover from these on your own after a couple weeks, enter the "latent" period of a couple more weeks, then your blood cell counts collapse and anemia sets in.
harmfull effects of radiation on the body are cancer, and mutations in the later generations.
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The first and immediate danger of radioactivity is radiation sickness. Radiation sickness can cause severe illness and death. The second danger is cancer from exposure to radiation.
Radioactive isotopes can cause burns , mutations ,cancer and death .
After disintegration all radioactive elements are transformed in other elements.
Radioactive elements exist in all groups of the periodic table.
Yes; some of the naturally occurring isotopes of the heaviest elements are radioactive.
all elements after uranium (atomic number 92) are radioactive.
No. Only radioactive elements, which undergo radioactive decay can change to different elements.
Yes. Stable elements are 83 elements. all elements above that of atomic number 83 (Bismuth) are radioactive. Radioactive isotopes are of the order of 1500 radioactive isotope.
No, trace elements are not necessarily radioactive. A link to a list of elements that have no natural radioactive isotopes is at a related question, below.
After disintegration all radioactive elements are transformed in other elements.
Not all of the transition elements are radioactive. Many of them are, and some of them have common radioactive isotopes, but some of them have no naturally occurring radioactive isotopes. Please note that all elements have synthetic radioactive isotopes, at least.
Radioactive elements
Radioactive elements exist in all groups of the periodic table.
Radioactive elements exist in all groups of the periodic table.
Answerelements with a nonstable isotope or at least one naturally occurring isotope that is radioactive. AnswerAll elements have radioactive isotopes.There are a lot of radioactive elements: Technetium, Promethium, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium...Here is the whole list: http://periodictable.com/Elements/Radioactive
Yes, but only if it is radioactive. Radioactive elements change into different elements through radioactive decay.
Radioactive elements are used to date the age of rocks. Radioactive elements decay according to a known pattern. Scientists can use the elements of that pattern to determine when the rock with the original radioactive element was formed.
None - they are all radioactive.
Usually not, but all elements have radioactive isotopes.