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What is a radioactive element used is smoke detectors?
Americium 241
What synthetic element that is used in smoke detectors?
Americium (isotope 241) is the most common radioactive element used in smoke detectors.
Why are radioactive elements commercially important?
A radioactive element is an element that emits radiation due to instability. They are commercially used in the generation of electricity in nuclear power plants and home smoke detectors among other things.
What radioactive element is used for?
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Which radioactive element used in AIDS treatment?
Radioactive elements are not used in the treatment of AIDS.
A synthetic element that is used in smoke detectors is?
Americium-241 this is an emitter of alpha radiation, which is used in smoke detectors as it is very ionising and will not be able to travel through smoke. Therefore, in a fire the detector will not receive any alpha radiation and hence the alarm will go off.
A radioactive element is sometimes used to trace the pathway of chemical reactions in the cell If newly synthesized proteins are radioactive the radioactive element used could be?
Nitrogen-Building block of proteins
What element is used in nuclear fission and is radioactive?
Uranium
What radioactive element is used in the treatment of goiter?
iodine
What element is used for storing and transporting radioactive materials?
LEAD
The element used for storing and transporting radioactive materials is?
lead
Radioactive form of this element is used in cancer treatment?
cobalt
