The isotope of hydrogen we call tritium is radioactive because all atoms of it have an unstable nucleus. Tritium, which is hydrogen-3, has a single proton in its nucleus (as you'd expect), and has two neutrons there as well. This combination of nucleons is not stable, and it will eventually decay (with a 12.32 year half-life). Said another way, the nuclear arrangement of a proton and two neutrons is not a stable one, so atoms of this isotope of hydrogen will be radioactive and will eventually decay.
When any atom is "created" by fusion or other means (including nuclear decay), the nucleons (the protons and neutrons that make up its nucleus) have to "make a deal" as to how they are going to get along in the tiny volume of space that the nucleus occupies. Some arrangements of protons and neutrons just "aren't right" and are unstable, and this gives rise to characterizing the isotope as being radioactive. Tritium (H-3) is one such isotope.
Yes, tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen
No, tritium is a heavy radioactive (by beta decay) isotope of hydrogen, an alpha particle is a fully ionized nucleus of helium. Two different elements.
There is hydrogen on the Periodic Table (element with atomic number 1, with 1 proton, 1 electron and 0 neutron).
Tritium is an isotope of hydrogen with 2 neutrons.
This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a periodic table.
A period on the periodic table is a row.This is the horizontal section of the periodic table.
There is no Pg on the periodic table.
periodic table
Coal is not on the periodic table.
No; T may be a symbol for the tritium an isotope of hydrogen.
This is a chemical element. You can find the how many electron in a single atom by using a periodic table.
A Periodic table The Periodic Table of the Elements.
atomic number
Elements at the extreme ends of the periodic table: high end - uranium, plutonium; low end - hydrogen (deuterium & tritium), lithium.
A group in Periodic Table is the column of element in periodic table
It is called the Periodic Table of Elements.
No, it is not on the periodic table.
A period on the periodic table is a row.This is the horizontal section of the periodic table.
There are no compounds on the periodic table. The periodic table only lists elements.
Rock is not an element and therefore is not on the periodic table. Only elements are on the periodic table
who introduced the first Periodic Table