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What household item contains radioactive isotope americium 241?
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∙ 13y ago
smoke detectors
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∙ 13y agoSmoke detectors contain americium 241.
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What is the use of measuring the activity of a radioactive isotope in a sample to determine its age?
radioactive dating
What elements are radioactive?
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
A radioactive isotope has eight neutrons Write the atomic number and mass number of this radioactive nitrogen as a chemical symbol with a subscript and superscript?
The atomic number of nitrogen is 7. When it is a radioactive isotope you add the number of neutrons to the atomic number (equaling 15). You then write 15 over 7 next to a capital 'N' representing Nitrogen.
Determine the amount of time it takes for three fourths of a radioactive sample of an isotope of bromine to decay the half-life of the isotope is 16.5 hours?
About 33 hours
What are monoisotopic elements?
Mono isotopic elements are stable isotope of an element.From 80 isotopic elements there are 26 radioactive elements discovered up till now.These mono isotopic may or may not be radioactive if they are radioactive they have halve lives.
Does a kettle contain the radioactive isotope americium 241?
Any americium in a kettle !
Where is Americium commonly used?
Americium-241 is a radioactive isotope commonly found in smoke detectors.
What is the most abundant radioactive isotope?
An isotope of cobalt is used to to kill cancer cells. The isotope americium-241 is used in smoke detectors.
Why is curium 242 not suitable for use in smoke detectors?
It is radioactive. ------------------------------- Incorrect answer: americium-241, the usual isotope in smoke detectors is more radioactive.
What synthetic element that is used in smoke detectors?
Americium (isotope 241) is the most common radioactive element used in smoke detectors.
How many neutrons does Americium-243 have?
The isotope Americium-243 has 148 neutrons.
Is Americium pure or not pure?
Americium can be obtained as a pure element (more exactly isotope).
What type of radioactive nuclide is injected into a person who is about to undergo a PET scan?
an unstable, radioactive isotope that contains too many protons
When an isotope is blank it is radioactive?
When an isotope is unstable, it is said to be radioactive.
What is americium 242 mass?
The atomic mass of the isotope americium-242 is 242,059 549 2.
How is radioactive Isotope different from a stable isotope?
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
How is a radioactive isotope different from a stable isotope?
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
