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Why is it that some isotopes of an element are able to exist indefinitely?
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Some isotypes are more stable than others. Decay occurs because of instability in isotopes, so stable isotopes do not undergo radioactive decay.
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What information does an atom mass give you?
You will be able to tell if the atom apart from its isotopes.
What is the decay element of uranium?
It is not yet discovered since all of the uranium isotopes are having half life for several millions of years. We would be able to find it after atleast 700 millions of years.
Why are isotopes bad for us?
In general they aren't bad in any way, they are unavoidable and you could not exist at all without them. Every element has isotopes (if it didn't it could not be an element), the usual ones we encounter (and that make up our bodies) are harmless (e.g. carbon-12, carbon-13, carbon-14).However some isotopes are unstable and thus radioactive, giving off rays that can harm living tissue. Carbon-14 is one, but it occurs at such tiny levels (1 PPT) that the body is usually able to repair any damage that does happen.
Which symbols represents represents atoms that are isotopes of each other?
A "superscript" number before the symbol for the element - eg. 11C 12C 13C 14C Denotes the four isotopes of the element Carbon. The superscript number is a count of the total number of "nucleons" (protons and neutrons) in the atomic nucleus of the atom. If you subtract the elements "atomic number" (which is the number of Protons that element has) from the Isotope (superscript) number you get the number of Neutrons in that isotope. From this you will be able to deduce that isotopes of elements are caused by a variation in the number of neutrons in an atom of an element.
What is an infinite set of numbers?
A set that is able to be continued indefinitely.
What are the importance of isotopes in various fields of life?
Well the term "isotopes" refers to atoms of an element that have the same quantity of protons but differ in the number of neutrons they possess. Isotopes of an element all have the same chemical behavior, but the unstable isotopes undergo spontaneous decay during which they emit radiation and achieve a stable state. This property of radioisotopes is useful in food preservation, archaeological dating of artifacts and medical diagnosis and treatment.
Are electrolytes isotopes?
Electrolytes are substances able to be dissociated in solution or after melting.Isotopes are atoms of chemical elements; isotopes have different number of neutrons.
Will carbon dioxide emission be able to continue its exponential increase indefinitely?
No, it will not be possible to continue increasing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere indefinitely. At some point, the results will be catastrophic.
How does one isotope differ from another isotope of the same element?
Isotopes of an element have a different number of neutrons. For example Uranium-235 and Uranium-238 look chemically identical but 238U atom is slightly more massive due to the three extra neutrons.
How do you find the average mass of an object?
First, you have to take into consideration all of the isotopes of the certain element, including the percentages of each isotope. You then multiply each isotopes weight by its certain percentage and add all answers together. Such as the isotopes of Tugsten's naturally occurring isotopes: 0.1% of 180 amu 26.3% of 182 amu 14.3% of 183 amu 30.7% of 184 amu 28.6% of 186 amu (.001x180)+(.263x182)+(.143x183)+(.307x184)+(.286x186)=
What does delayed indefinitely mean?
It means something is going to take longer, but they are not able to tell you how much longer exactly.
What element has no physical and chemical isotopes known?
The words are English ones and the grammar is mostly correct, but put together in that way the result is nonsense.Firstly, "physical and chemical isotopes" is meaningless. Isotopes have different physical properties, and may even behave different chemically due to the kinetic isotope effect, but I've never heard anyone refer to a "chemical isotope" or "physical isotope".For an element to officially be considered "discovered", someone has to have produced an isotope of it and that experiment has to be repeatable. So all known elements have at least one isotope, which is at least one more than "no isotopes".Some of the higher-mass elements may as yet only have had a single isotope produced, if what you were trying to get at was "no other isotopes". However, this doesn't mean no other isotopes are possible, it just means we haven't made them yet. There's good reason to believe that, in the case of the high-Z actinides, the isotopes we haven't been able to make yet may be more stable than those we have been able to make, because the ones we can make tend to be on the neutron-deficient side and more neutrons would probably have a stablizing effect.
