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What space probe carries radioactive fuel known as plutonium isotope?
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Ex.: Cassini-Huygens, New Horizons, Galileo, Ulysses, etc. spacecrafts.
The isotope is 238Pu as a dioxide.
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What is the atomic weight of plutonium?
Plutonium is a not stable, radioactive element. The IUPAC table Atomic weights of the elements, 2009 don't mention an officially atomic weight for plutonium. But you can find tables with atomic masses of the all 20 known plutonium isotopes (Audi, Wapstra, Thibault, 2003).The atomic mass of the most important isotope (239Pu) is 239,052156.
How do scientists use the halflife of radioactive isotopes to date rocks and fossils?
The basic idea is to compare the abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope within a material to the abundance of its decay products; it is known how fast the radioactive isotope decays.
Is Cesium a radioactive element?
Only one naturally occurring isotope of cesium is known, cesium-133 (133Cs) which is not radioactive. A number of artificial radioactive isotopes of cesium are known also. One radioactive isotope of cesium is of special importance, cesium-137. It is produced in nuclear fission reactions. Read more on cesium in the link below.
What is the symbol for the radioactive isotope known as Carbon 14?
It's usually posted as 14C and indicates the isotope asked about.
What is the half life of the radioactive isotope?
The half life is the period of time it takes radioactive decay to transmute one half of the isotope present at the start of the period to a different isotope, usually an isotope of a different element. This period of time is different for different isotopes, with known isotope half lives ranging from femtoseconds to many billions of years.
How many radioactive isotopes are there in germanium?
Natural germanium has only one radioactive isotope - germanium 76. 27 artificial radioisotopes of germanium are known.
Is 283 94 Pu 4 2 He x y Z harmful to living things?
It is difficult to tell since normally plutonium has 238-244 nucleons. The above equation. The equation suggest plutonium with at least 39 neutrons more than any known isotope. Its behaviour is, therefore, unknown and therefore its risk.It is difficult to tell since normally plutonium has 238-244 nucleons. The above equation. The equation suggest plutonium with at least 39 neutrons more than any known isotope. Its behaviour is, therefore, unknown and therefore its risk.It is difficult to tell since normally plutonium has 238-244 nucleons. The above equation. The equation suggest plutonium with at least 39 neutrons more than any known isotope. Its behaviour is, therefore, unknown and therefore its risk.It is difficult to tell since normally plutonium has 238-244 nucleons. The above equation. The equation suggest plutonium with at least 39 neutrons more than any known isotope. Its behaviour is, therefore, unknown and therefore its risk.
What is the difference between a stable isotope and a unstable isotope?
A stable isotope does not decay and therefore, maintains a constant concentration on Earth. An unstable isotope, also known as a radioactive isotope, decays at a predictable and measurable rate on Earth. An unstable isotope may decay by the ejection of an electron or positron, known as beta decay, or by the ejection of two protons and two neutrons, known as alpha decay.
If you had a 100 gram sample of plutonium how much would be left in 43 years?
The half life of the isotope 239Pu (the most known plutonium isotope) is 24,200 years; 43 years is practically nothing in comparison is 24,200 years so you would still have 100 grams.
Could have cancer started from radiation emitted sources such as uranium and plutonium?
The external irradiation from uranium or plutonium is not important. But ingested or inhaled they are very dangerous as toxic and radioactive elements. As an very known example, the lung cancer (with the contribution of radium and radon from the radioactive disintegration).
Can you make hydrogen a radioactive element?
Hydrogen has one very rare radioactive isotope: hydrogen-3, commonly known as tritium; also some artificial radioactive isotopes as 4H, 5H, 6H.
What a radioactive material used for nuclear fission?
Clearly the main nuclear elements are plutonium, URANIUM, and a not widely known one thorium
