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Yes, there is. In fact, there are several lists. See, the thing is that some elements are radioactive "across the board" like uranium is. All of the different isotopes of uranium are radioactive. But some elements have several isotopes that are stable, and some that are radioactive, or a "mixed bag" if you will. Just getting a "list" per se might be a mess. How are you going to list all those radioactive isotopes of all those elements? Well, there's good news. The table of nuclides (or table of radionuclides) has all the elements and all their isotopes. It's a pretty good sized table, to be sure, but it's been around and is available on the web in a number of places. One is from the Brookhaven National Laboratory's site for the National Nuclear Data Center. A link is provided to that one. Note that each little "square" on the chart is "active" and clicking on it pulls up the data on that isotope, whatever it is. There are other tools for use to extract data from the chart. Short cut If you just want to know which elements have no stable isotopes and which, therefore, are radioactive in any form, they include 43technetium and 61promethium, and all elements above 83bismuth. Simple and easy.
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∙ 14y agoActually you would have to list by isotopes - the same element can have different isotopes, some more stable than others. You can find a table here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_nuclides_(sorted_by_half-life)
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What types of elements are useful for dating materials?
Radioactive elements are used to date the age of rocks. Radioactive elements decay according to a known pattern. Scientists can use the elements of that pattern to determine when the rock with the original radioactive element was formed.
What are radioactive elements on the periodic table?
In general, the elements with higher atomic numbers are the most radioactive and they are found at the bottom of the Periodic Table of Elements
What characterizes a radioactive element?
As radioactive element is an element that is on the Priodic Table of Elements. A Radioactive Element is usually radioactive.
What elements is radioactive and synthetic barrium cesium currium and xenon?
Curium {Note correct spelling} is only element in the list given that is radioactive and synthetic.^ not correct answer and not even spelled right the correct answer is "lawrencium"The rare earth elements are located at the bottom of the periodic table and are comprised of the lanthanoid series and the actinoid series.The actinoid series is the second row of rare earth elements. All of these elements are radioactive, and all of these elements (except actinium, thorium, protactinium, and uranium) are synthetic.
What 3 families contain no radioactive elements?
All periodic table groups contain elements with radioactive isotopes.
Do trace elements have to be radioactive?
No, trace elements are not necessarily radioactive. A link to a list of elements that have no natural radioactive isotopes is at a related question, below.
What elements are radioactive?
Answerelements with a nonstable isotope or at least one naturally occurring isotope that is radioactive. AnswerAll elements have radioactive isotopes.There are a lot of radioactive elements: Technetium, Promethium, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium...Here is the whole list: http://periodictable.com/Elements/Radioactive
List of radioactive elements?
Elements that decay (give off protons and neutrons) to form other elements. *It's not elements as such that are stable or unstable, but rather isotopes. Even elements of small atomic number have unstable isotopes that undergo radioactive decay, for example carbon-14. Elements with higher atomic numbers than Lead (82) are naturally radioactive in all isotopes. Bismuth (83) has an extremely long half-life, but the time generally becomes shorter (the decay more rapid) as the size of the nucleus gets progressively larger for heavier radioactive elements.
What are the eight different radioactive elements?
Huh? Every element can potentially be radioactive.Here is a list of all of the naturally occurring (above trace levels) radioactive elements:bismuthpoloniumastatineradonfranciumradiumactiniumthoriumprotactiniumuranium
Radioactive elements comprise a majority?
Yes. Stable elements are 83 elements. all elements above that of atomic number 83 (Bismuth) are radioactive. Radioactive isotopes are of the order of 1500 radioactive isotope.
What is the slow breakdown of radioactive substances into more stable elements?
Radioactive elements break down in to stable isotopes through nuclear decay. The list of isotopes from a nuclear isotope to a stable isotope is called its decay chain.
What made up all radioactive elements?
After disintegration all radioactive elements are transformed in other elements.
Are all transition elements are radioactive?
Not all of the transition elements are radioactive. Many of them are, and some of them have common radioactive isotopes, but some of them have no naturally occurring radioactive isotopes. Please note that all elements have synthetic radioactive isotopes, at least.
The pressure and heat that produces magma are caused in part by?
Radioactive elements
What families have no radioactive elements?
Radioactive elements exist in all groups of the periodic table.
What element family have no radioactive elements?
Radioactive elements exist in all groups of the periodic table.
Can one element change into a different element?
Yes, but only if it is radioactive. Radioactive elements change into different elements through radioactive decay.
