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How can you tell if elements are isotopes when looking at several nuclear symbols of the same element?
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You must check the mass number (A) - its place in the element's symbol (E) is:
AE
If A is different in the showed elements that means the these are different isotopes.
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Which isotopes combined during the sun's nuclear reactions and the element created?
Hydrogen isotopes(12H) and the element formed is helium(24He).
How different isotopes of the same element element differ?
Differences in IsotopesThey have different numbers of neutrons and therefore different mass numbers.
How does an isotope of an element change during nuclear decay?
During nuclear decay, radioisotopes of one element can change into one or more isotopes of a different element altogether.
Does this element actinium have an isotope?
Actinium has 36 isotopes and 7 nuclear isomers.
What are Nuclear Isotopes?
Nuclear Isotopes are different types of atoms of the same chemical element having a different number of neutrons, which that chemical element is involved in the nuclear industry (e.g.: Uranium-235, Astatine-211, Americium-241). Most are very unstable, but a handful of them naturally occur on Earth (e.g.: Iodine-131, Carbon-14, Caesium-137) Nuclear Isotopes are radioactive and should be treated with extreme care! No joke here when handling even the safest of nuclear isotopes (just in case you were wondering, Uranium-235 or Depleted Uranium, is the safest nuclear isotope).
What happened during nuclear decay?
New elements(or isotopes of decaying element) are produced and energy is released
Element used in an explosive ingredient in nuclear weapons?
The radioactive elements plutonium or uranium are the elements that are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fission. Isotopes of hydrogen are used in nuclear weapons that create nuclear fusion.
Does Francium has 17 elements?
Francium is only one chemical element: but francium has ca. 40 isotopes and nuclear isomers.
Which isotopes combined during the sun's nuclear reactions and the element created?
Hydrogen isotopes(12H) and the element formed is helium(24He).
How are isotopes are formed?
Isotopes are formed either naturally through radioactive decay of elements or artificially through element irradiation by particles as neutrons, protons, electrons, or alpha particles in accelerators or nuclear reactors through nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions in nuclear reactors.supernovasparticle acceleratorsnuclear reactorsnuclear explosionsradioactive decay
How different isotopes of the same element element differ?
Differences in IsotopesThey have different numbers of neutrons and therefore different mass numbers.
Does an atom of plutonium processess all properties of a larger qualitity of plutonium?
Yes, it is true for all chemical elements. But attention: isotopes of an element have different nuclear properties.
Which element is used by most nuclear power plants to produce nuclear energy?
First of all, you should distinguish between isotopes, not elements. For example, U-235 (uranium 235) and U-238 are the same element, and have the same chemical properties, but for a power plant, they are completely different things. U-235 is often used; it is also possible to convert other isotopes, such as U-238, into isotopes that are useful for nuclear fission - in this example, a plutonium isotope.
How does an isotope of an element change during nuclear decay?
During nuclear decay, radioisotopes of one element can change into one or more isotopes of a different element altogether.
Does this element actinium have an isotope?
Actinium has 36 isotopes and 7 nuclear isomers.
What are Nuclear Isotopes?
Nuclear Isotopes are different types of atoms of the same chemical element having a different number of neutrons, which that chemical element is involved in the nuclear industry (e.g.: Uranium-235, Astatine-211, Americium-241). Most are very unstable, but a handful of them naturally occur on Earth (e.g.: Iodine-131, Carbon-14, Caesium-137) Nuclear Isotopes are radioactive and should be treated with extreme care! No joke here when handling even the safest of nuclear isotopes (just in case you were wondering, Uranium-235 or Depleted Uranium, is the safest nuclear isotope).
What is the slow breakdown of radioactive substances into more stable elements?
Radioactive elements break down in to stable isotopes through nuclear decay. The list of isotopes from a nuclear isotope to a stable isotope is called its decay chain.
