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Why can't chemical treatment be used to destroy the radioactive products produced in a nuclear reactor?
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∙ 15y ago
The radioactive materials produced in a nuclear reactor are radioactive because of instability in the nucleus of the atoms of the radioactive materials. Chemistry only affects the way elements behave because of the electron structure. Chemistry is electonic and the radioactive products have problems in their nuclei. Chemistry doesn't affect the nucleus of the atom, so chemical methods cannot be used to deal with radioactive materials, per se.
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∙ 12y agoChemical reactions will rearrange atoms, not make them disappear.
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Knowledge about what products are produced in a chemical reaction is obtained by?
Chemical research
New substances that are produced are called?
chemical reaction
What substance produced in a chemical reaction?
These substances are called products in English.
How are clothing manufacturer connected to chemistry?
Many clothes are produced from synthetic chemical products; also dyes are chemical substances.
None of the products of nuclear fission of uranium are radioactive?
The answer is FALSE. Products of Nuclear fission of Uranium are highly radioactive.
How radioactive waste are related to chemistry?
Radioactive wastes are chemical products studied also by chemists.
What are elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction?
products are produced after a chemical reaction.
The chemicals that are produced in a chemical reaction?
PRODUCTS
Knowledge about what products are produced in a chemical reaction is obtained by?
Chemical research
What is radioactive labelling?
A radioactive label is a chemical compound in which one or more atoms have been replaced by a radioisotope so by virtue of its radioactive decay it can be used to explore the mechanism of chemical reactions. It does this by tracing the path that the radioisotope follows from reactants to products.
New substances that are produced are called?
chemical reaction
The substance produced as a result of a chemical reaction?
You have half answered this question for yoiurself ( produced) ; the answer is 'PRODUCTS'.
What is a reactant in science?
A chemical that undergoes a chemical reaction is called a reactant. The chemicals that are produced by a chemical reaction are called the products. So in a chemical reaction, reactants turn into products.
What is reactants in science?
A chemical that undergoes a chemical reaction is called a reactant. The chemicals that are produced by a chemical reaction are called the products. So in a chemical reaction, reactants turn into products.
The elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction are known as what?
The substances produced by a chemical reaction are known as Products. The substances that are reacted are the Reactants.
Why can radioactive isotopes be followed through a chemical reaction?
They emit radiation that can be detected with various radiation measurement tools. Usually the isotopes will be in only one of the products of the chemical reaction, making it radioactive and the others nonradioactive.
New substances produced by a chemical change are known as?
Metabolites or Products.
