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Why is it best to use a radio active isotope that decays into a stable isotope?
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What is a Radioactive Parent?
Radio active parent elements decay to stable daughter elements i.e. the radio active parent Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 Each radioactive isotope has it's own half life A half life is the time it takes for the parent radioactive element to decay to a daughter product, Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 with a half life of 1 1/4 billion years. Therin lies the problem of storing nuclear waste
What is it meant by the term stable isotope?
Stable isotopes do not undergo nuclear decay. Hydrogen has three isotopes, two are stable and the third is unstable. They are ;_ protium; 1 proton , 0 neutrons and 1 electron (Stable) The commonest isotope of hydrogen. deuterium ; 1 proton , 1 neutron and 1 electron (stable). Also known as 'heavy hydrogen - used to make heavy water). tritium ; 1 proton , 2 neutrons, and 1 electron (unstable - undergoes radio-active decay).
How much of a radio active parent isotope remains after one half life has pass?
Half the original amount.
What is isotope and radio isotope?
Isotopes are atoms of a particular element with different numbers of neutrons. A radio isotope is an isotope that is radioactive because the nucleus is unstable.
What is the purpose of radioactive isotope?
to study the biochemical reaction, radio active isotopes aids as a labelling agent! it is widely used to study the metabolism.
What is a Radioactive Parent?
Radio active parent elements decay to stable daughter elements i.e. the radio active parent Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 Each radioactive isotope has it's own half life A half life is the time it takes for the parent radioactive element to decay to a daughter product, Potassium 40 decays to Argon 40 with a half life of 1 1/4 billion years. Therin lies the problem of storing nuclear waste
What is a radioactive is isotope?
an isotope that is radioactive
What is it meant by the term stable isotope?
Stable isotopes do not undergo nuclear decay. Hydrogen has three isotopes, two are stable and the third is unstable. They are ;_ protium; 1 proton , 0 neutrons and 1 electron (Stable) The commonest isotope of hydrogen. deuterium ; 1 proton , 1 neutron and 1 electron (stable). Also known as 'heavy hydrogen - used to make heavy water). tritium ; 1 proton , 2 neutrons, and 1 electron (unstable - undergoes radio-active decay).
How much of a radio active parent isotope remains after one half life has pass?
Half the original amount.
What is isotope and radio isotope?
Isotopes are atoms of a particular element with different numbers of neutrons. A radio isotope is an isotope that is radioactive because the nucleus is unstable.
What is the purpose of radioactive isotope?
to study the biochemical reaction, radio active isotopes aids as a labelling agent! it is widely used to study the metabolism.
An unstable isotope with extra energy in the nucleus?
A radio-isotope.
What is an isotope called?
radio-isotopes
A radioactive substance has has life of 5 days initial mass of 12kg how much the original isotope will remain after 10 days?
a radio active substance has half life of 5 days initial mass of 12kg.how much the original isotope will remain after 10 days?
How many neutrons are in ni?
It depends on the isotope. The most common naturally occurring isotope is 58Ni. Ni has the atomic number 28, so there are 30 neutrons in that isotope. There are four other stable naturally occurring isotopes with atomic weight 60, 61, 62 and 64. There are also around twenty unstable and radio-isotopes with atomic weights ranging from 48 to 78.
What is radio-chemicals?
Radiochemicals are chemical compounds containing a radioactive isotope.
What is the atomic number for radio isotope?
There are radioactive isotopes of all elements, so it depends on what radioisotope you are talking about. For example, carbon has 6 protons, so its atomic number is 6 - whether it is the stable carbon-12, or the radioactive carbon-14.
