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33P is a radioactive isotope of phosphorus. Can 33P be used to make a radioactive nucleotide?
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Yes because it can replace the phosphorus atom in the phosphate group.
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Is tritium on the periodic table?
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.
What are all the elements that make up a phosphorus?
Phosphorus is an element, symbol P. Did you mean phosphorus?
How many neutrons does the isotope carbon have?
Most carbon atoms have 6 neutrons, but a small fraction of them have 7 neutrons (to make carbon-13 isotope atoms) or 8 neutrons to make carbon-14 isotopes. Radioactive carbon atoms with other numbers of neutrons can be made in nuclear reactions.
What does oxygen and phosphorus make?
P2o
Will radioactive fallout make the surface it comes into contact with radioactive?
Remember, radioactive fallout on a surface does not make the surface itself radioactive. The particles themselves are radioactive, not the surface they come in contact with. The surface can usually be cleaned of any contamination
What kind of molecule must be labeled to make radioactively labeled DNA?
Radioactive nucleotide
What molecule is used to make radioactivity labeled DNA?
Radioactive nucleotide
What is the role of radioactive phosphorus in DNA technologies?
To make DNA probes
Why can 32p be used to make any nucleotide?
All nucleotides have a phosphorus atom that can be replaced with 32P
How man protons does an element have to have to make it radioactive?
One proton is in tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen with two neutrons.
Can you make hydrogen a radioactive element?
Hydrogen has one very rare radioactive isotope: hydrogen-3, commonly known as tritium; also some artificial radioactive isotopes as 4H, 5H, 6H.
What is a radioactive is isotope?
an isotope that is radioactive
What are phosphorus's used for?
There are many uses of phosphorus such as: 1. Phosphates are used to make special glass which is used for sodium lamps 2. Plants needs phosphorus for nutrition. Thus, it is added in fertilizers; 3. Radioactive isotopes of phosphorus are used as radioactive tracers; 4. China ware are made up of calcium phosphate 5. Matchstick strikers are made up of phosphorus 6. Incendiary Bombs, Tracer Ammunition, and Smoke Screen are made up of white phosphorus 7. One compound of phosphorus called tributylphosphate is used for extracting uranium 8. DNA and RNA makes use of phosphorus 9. Phosphorus is also used in manufacturing steel 10. It is used as detergent (Sodium tripolyphosphate) 11. Used for manufacturing fertilizers, toothpaste, food additives and pesticides (0ther compounds of Phosphorus)
Radioactivity is a characteristic of elements with what atoms?
Radioactive elements are ones that have too many or two few protons and/or neutrons to achieve stability. For any normally stable isotope, adding or removing neutrons will make a different isotope, and can easily result in an unstable nucleus.
What did the use on old watches to make them glow in the dark?
Radium was originally used but was stopped in the 1960's once it was found to be pretty unhealthy to have a radioactive isotope so close to you :)
Is tritium on the periodic table?
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.
What 3 things make up and RNA nucleotide?
nitrogenous base (either uracil, adenine, guanine, cytosine), ribose (a 5-carbon sugar), and a phosphate group (phosphorus with 4 oxygens)
