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There are several types of nuclear transformation:
- Alpha decay causes the ejection of a Helium Nucleus.
- Beta decay causes the ejection of an electron and a neutrino while one neutron in the nucleus becomes a proton.
- Gamma decay causes the ejection of a very high energy photon.
- Fission causes a massive nucleus to split into two smaller ones, usually about 1/3s and 2/3s the mass of the original nucleus, and a few neutrons. Some isotopes of elements that fission can fission spontaneously, some can't. In those isotopes that can't fission spontaneously, fission is triggered by neutron capture.
- Fusion causes light nuclei to merge into heavier ones. This only happens at very high temperature and pressure.
- Capture causes a nucleus to absorb another particle, usually a neutron, and transmute into a different isotope or element. Capture is usually followed by one of the types of decay.
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What energy transformation is occur in a nuclear power plan?
In a nuclear power plant, the energy transformation that occurs is nuclear potential energy from the fission of uranium atoms is converted into thermal energy (heat). This heat is used to produce steam, which turns a turbine to generate electricity.
What happens to an isotope after nuclear transformation?
It depends on the nuclear transformation type. Refer to question below for information.
Which energy transformation occurs in the core of a nuclear reactor?
Nuclear fission occurs in the core of a nuclear reactor, where the energy released from splitting atoms is transformed into heat energy. This heat is then used to generate steam, which drives turbines to produce electricity.
What energy transformations are in a nuclear bomb?
In a nuclear bomb, the transformation of nuclear potential energy (from the nuclei of atoms) into thermal energy and kinetic energy occurs during the process of nuclear fission. This causes a rapid release of energy in the form of a powerful explosion.
What energy transformation examples?
Energy transformation from a nuclear power plant
What is the transformation of uranium?
- radioactive decay - nuclear fission - nuclear reactions
Atoms are merged to produce this type of energy?
Nuclear energy.When the atoms are merged, the nuclear energy is a result of what is called Nuclear Fusion. When the atoms are split, the nuclear energy is a result of what is called Nuclear Fission.
Is radium decaying to lead a chemical or physical change?
The decay of radium to lead is a nuclear change, not a chemical or physical change. It involves the transformation of radium atoms into lead atoms through the process of radioactive decay. This change is due to the emission of alpha particles and does not involve any chemical reactions or changes in the physical state of the substances.
Is splitting of atoms a form of nuclear decay?
No, the splitting of atoms is nuclear fission.
What is the splitting of atoms into smaller atoms?
Nuclear fission is the splitting of atoms.
What is the nuclear reaction called when atoms split?
The nuclear reaction when atoms split is called fission. Fission is where atoms split into smaller particles or atoms.
How long do atoms typically endure before undergoing decay or transformation?
Atoms can typically endure for billions of years before undergoing decay or transformation.
