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Why was the prypiat abbanoned?
Prypiat was abandoned due to the large amount of radiation and fallout that was released from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the explosion of Reactor 4.
Which are true of gamma radiation?
It increases the number of protons (APEX)
In the process of fusion the sun process energy how?
In nuclear fusion, you take 4 atoms of hydrogen, and fuse them into helium. The resulting atom has less mass then the 4 atoms combined. That loss of mass is what we gets as energy. How much energy you may ask? E = mc2.
What type of radiation results in the least change in atomic number?
A gamma ray is released from atomic nuclei under certain conditions, and the generation of a gamma ray photon alonewill not change the mass of an atomic nucleus. The gamma ray is a form of electromagnetic energy. Other forms of radiation released from nuclei are particulate, and the particles released take mass from the nucleus with them when they go. Beta radiation takes a little, and alpha radiation takes a lot more.
Is radiation gas?
No, radiation is not gas, at least not the nuclear kind. Nuclear radiation is generally divided into two kinds: particulate and electromagnetic. Neither of them is gas. It might be argued that alpha radiation, which is the "release" of an alpha particle from an unstable atomic nucleus, produces a gas. That's because an alpha particle is a pair of protons bound to a pair of neutrons, and this is a helium-4 nucleus. But radiation is not generally considered a gas..answer 2 perhaps you are thinking of Radon, which is a gas, but a different question.
Which type of nuclear radiation (nuclear emission) has the greatest mass?
Alpha or an He nucleus because it has a mass of 4 when all the others have a mass of close to zero.
What type of radiation has a mass of 4 amu and a 2 plus charge?
Alpha radiation, which is the same as helium-4 nuclei.
What are the types of environmental hazard?
1: chemical 2: physical 3: mechanical 4: biological 5: phychosocial
What do you call the type of radiation that is described as having a positive charge with an atomic mass of 4 making it a Helium atom without any electrons?
an alpha particle
What nuclear particle has a charge of 2?
No nuclear particle has a relative mass of 4. However, the alpha particle which is emitted by one of the radioactive iodine isotopes, has a relative mass of 4. An alpha particle is emitted from the nucleus but not referred to as a nuclear particle because it is made up of 4 nuclear particles - 2 neutrons and 2 protons.
What are the 4 types of radiation and what does each type do to the nucleus?
Usually with the '4 types of radiation' it is referred to:- alpha radiation (emission of an alpha particle = a helium nucleus = 2 neutrons + 2 protons):Hence for the emitting nucleus the mass number decreases by 4 and the atomic number by 2.- beta-minus radiation (emission of a beta- particle = an electron)Hence for the emitting nucleus the mass number remains the same and the atomic number increases by 1 (a neutron decays into a proton and beta- radiation)- beta-plus radiation (emission of a beta+ particle = a positron)Hence for the emitting nucleus the mass number remains the same and the atomic number decreases by 1 (under the addition of energy a proton decays into a neutron and a positron)- gamma radiation (emission of high energetic photons)The emitting nucleus doesn't change its mass number and atomic number,but it jumps from a higher energy level to a lower energy level.
What is the atomic mass for alpha radiation?
The same as for a helium nucleus: 4. Two protons and two neutrons.
Which of the following is not a component of the radiation emitted by a radioactive sample a.alpha radiation b.delta radiation c.gamma radiation d.beta radiation?
Radioactive substances can emit alpha particles, gamma radiation (gamma rays) and beta radiation (beta particles). What they do not emit is delta radiation.It causes transmutation.It has a mass of 4 amus.
What happens to the amount of the suns mass as it burns?
When some amount of the sun's hydrogen is converted to helium in the processof nuclear fusion, the mass winds up being slightly less than when it began. Thatsmall portion of mass has become a quantity of energy, according to E = M c2 ,and has departed from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
Why was the prypiat abbanoned?
Prypiat was abandoned due to the large amount of radiation and fallout that was released from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the explosion of Reactor 4.
Why is radiation referred to as ionizing radiation?
Radioactivity occurs with the breakdown r decay of certain unstable atomic nuclei. This nuclear radiation is dangerous because it has a lot of energy-on the order of millions of electron volts per emitted particle. Because chemical bonds take about 3-4 electron volts to break, this energy is enough to break apart ordinarily stable molecules into smaller, highly reactive fragments-most of which are ions. Thus, nuclear radiation gets the name ionizing radiation.
What happend Chernobyl diaster?
the happenings in Chernobyl were that the nuclear reactor 4 blue up sending a plume of radiation over chernobyl killing lots of peeps
