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Some radioactive metals are advantageous because they are useful. Certain radioactive metals like cobalt-60 are used as gamma ray sources for portable X-ray equipment, and to sterilize foods and other products. The most common use of radioactive metals is the use of uranium in nuclear reactors, principally to generate electric power. Radioactive metals are used as thermoelectric generators in space probes that travel far from the sun (because solar panels won't work far out). And these are just a few of their uses.
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Which alkaline earth metals are radioactive?
Radium is the radioactive metal among alkaline earth metals.
Are inner transition metals radioactive?
The inner transition metals are radioactive and are found in the f-block. These are commonly referred to as actinoids and are alkali metals.
Which of the metal are not radioactive?
Most metals are stable and thus not radioactive.
Are metals radioactive elements?
No. All elements with atomic number greater than 83 are radioactive, including some metals such as polonium, uranium, etc. But there are radioactive isotopes of most metals on the periodic table but are very rare and sometimes must be produced in reactor or particle accelerator.
What are three radioactive are?
They are Alkali metals, Alkaline Earth metals, and Carbon 16. ----
Which elements posses only one electron in their valence shell and what are they called and what is the radioactive element of this group?
These are the alkali metals; the radioactive one is francium (Fr).
What are advantages of radioactive decay?
One reason is that radioactive decay heats the earths interior
What has the author C R Macdonald written?
C. R. Macdonald has written: 'Summary report of radionuclides and metals in selected wildlife in Canada' -- subject(s): Effect of radioactive pollution on, Environmental aspects of Metals, Environmental aspects of Radioactive pollution, Mammals, Metals, Radioactive pollution
Radioactive rays are absorbed by which metals?
Lead is commonly used to absorb radioactive rays due to its high density and ability to effectively block radiation. Other metals such as tungsten and uranium can also absorb radioactive rays to varying degrees.
What two metals are radioactive?
Uranium and ummm something else
Which transition metals are radioactive or unstable?
Technetium has no stable isotopes.
What does radiation given off by radioactive waste not do?
Corrode metals
