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How much of a radio active parent isotope remains after one half life has pass?
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Half the original amount.
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What is a Radioactive Parent?
Radio active parent elements decay to stable daughter elements i.e. the radio active parent Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 Each radioactive isotope has it's own half life A half life is the time it takes for the parent radioactive element to decay to a daughter product, Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 with a half life of 1 1/4 billion years. Therin lies the problem of storing nuclear waste
What is isotope and radio isotope?
Isotopes are atoms of a particular element with different numbers of neutrons. A radio isotope is an isotope that is radioactive because the nucleus is unstable.
What is the purpose of radioactive isotope?
to study the biochemical reaction, radio active isotopes aids as a labelling agent! it is widely used to study the metabolism.
An unstable isotope with extra energy in the nucleus?
A radio-isotope.
What is radio-chemicals?
Radiochemicals are chemical compounds containing a radioactive isotope.
What fraction of an original sample of a radio isotope remains after 3 half-life periods?
One eighth remains.
What is a Radioactive Parent?
Radio active parent elements decay to stable daughter elements i.e. the radio active parent Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 Each radioactive isotope has it's own half life A half life is the time it takes for the parent radioactive element to decay to a daughter product, Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 with a half life of 1 1/4 billion years. Therin lies the problem of storing nuclear waste
What is isotope and radio isotope?
Isotopes are atoms of a particular element with different numbers of neutrons. A radio isotope is an isotope that is radioactive because the nucleus is unstable.
What is the purpose of radioactive isotope?
to study the biochemical reaction, radio active isotopes aids as a labelling agent! it is widely used to study the metabolism.
What is a radioactive is isotope?
an isotope that is radioactive
An unstable isotope with extra energy in the nucleus?
A radio-isotope.
What radioactive isotope would be best for determining the age of prehistoric human remains?
Carbon 14 - it's the element used as a standard in radio-carbon dating.
What is an isotope called?
radio-isotopes
A radioactive substance has has life of 5 days initial mass of 12kg how much the original isotope will remain after 10 days?
a radio active substance has half life of 5 days initial mass of 12kg.how much the original isotope will remain after 10 days?
What is radio-chemicals?
Radiochemicals are chemical compounds containing a radioactive isotope.
How do you do nuclear equations?
A nuclear equation describes nuclear decay.
What does radiometric dating tell us about the earth's crust?
Radiometric or Radio-active decay dating involves looking at certain radio-active isotopes in the rocks of the earth, such as potassium and argon. Certain Isotopes have a half life and decay into another isotope after a certain amount of years. Geochemists use these types of dating to determine the age of rocks and how long the crust has been forming and moving.
