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What is the difference between a nuclear decay from a chemical reaction?
Nuclear decay involves the contents of the atomic nucleus, the protons and neutrons. Chemical reactions involve the electrons.
How come beta particles are electrons and at the same time they are produced from nuclear which contains only proton and neutron?
They are a product of the weak nuclear force, allowing the decay of neutrons to protons and electrons. They did not preexist in the nucleus before this decay.
What happens to the nucleus?
Nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, natural fission
What happens to the radioactive isotopes that are released in a nuclear reaction?
they decay over time
What particles or waves given off by atoms undergoing nuclear decay?
alpha decay - fully ionized helium nucleibeta decay - electrons or positrons, and electron neutrinosgamma decay - very high energy photons
What are the forms of nuclear decay?
what are the forms of nuclear decay
What is mass converted to in nuclear processes?
nuclear decay, such as alpha decay or beta decay.
What separates a chemical reaction from a nuclear reaction?
In a nuclear reaction, the nucleus of an atom undergoes a change. Common examples would be alpha decay, beta decay, fusion, and fusion. In each of those cases, different elements are formed in the process. This never happens in ordinary chemical reactions. In chemical reactions, it is the electrons that are involved , not the nucleus of the atom.
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
What nuclear decay have similar qualities to helium nucleus?
Alpha nuclear decay
Which equation represents a spontaneous nuclear decay?
All nuclear decay is spontaneous.
How is it possible for an element to decay forward in the periodic table that is to decay to an element of higher atomic number?
When elements form other elements of a higher atomic number, the process by which that happens is called nuclear fusion, not radioactive decay, and it normally happens only inside stars.
