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What is it called when the atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element?
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∙ 14y ago
Nuclear decay. Because the ratio of protons to neutrons deviate from 1:1 as you go down the Periodic Table, elements of higher mass are unstable, and therefore decay into more stable elements.
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∙ 14y agoThis is called a decomposition reaction. One reactant (Ex: NaCl) is broken down into 2 products (Ex: Na+ and Cl-).
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When do the atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element?
changing elements involves changing the number of protons, so you'll be doing some kind of radioactive decay or nuclear fusion/fission; not any ordinary chemical reaction
What are chlorine atoms in the stratosphere?
They break down ozone into oxygen atoms.
Are atoms conserved in chemical reactions?
The same number of each type of atom (each element) still exists after a chemical reaction. They simply attach to other atoms (or detach) in various ways to form molecules (or molecules break apart into atoms).
What causes mineral galena to break into tiny cubes?
The internal arrangement of its atoms
When a mineral breaks along a weekly bonds plane it is called?
cleavage.
When the atoms of one element break down to form another atom?
nuclear decay
When do the atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element?
changing elements involves changing the number of protons, so you'll be doing some kind of radioactive decay or nuclear fusion/fission; not any ordinary chemical reaction
Radioactive decay occurs when atoms of an unstable element?
It means that massive nuclei break apart.
When atoms break their old links and form new links with other atoms what has occurred?
when atoms break their old links and form new links with other atoms it is called chemical reaction
What is it called when atoms break old links and form new ones with other atoms?
when atoms break their old links and form new links with other atoms it is called chemical reaction
Can you break down atoms break them into little pieces?
Yes you can but only scientists know how to make it. It's called an atom bomb. It splits atoms.
Why do atoms become elements?
Atoms do not 'become' elements. If it exists as an atom it has always been some type of element from the moment it came into existence. An atom is the smallest piece of an element that is still that element. If you break it down any further you neither have any element or atom, you have subatomic particles.
Do atoms break by human power or naturally?
Atoms can decay naturally but they are generally broken by human power. Atoms can also break during a collision with another atom in an atomic fission or fusion reaction.
How is promethium reactions?
Atomic fission is the process in which large atoms break apart, releasing large amounts of energy and smaller atoms. The smaller atoms are called fission products. The Oak Ridge scientists proved that element 61 was present in fission products of uranium. They named it promethium, after the Greek god Prometheus.
Do atoms break in reactants?
No. Atoms never, ever break in chemical reactions. Molecules break if you want to see atoms break, look up nuclear reactions
What would happen if you would break molecules apart?
The subatomic particles of the Atom (neutrons, protons, electrons) are released at high velocity. Some of these particles can strike other atoms and cause them to break apart, releasing large amounts of energy; this is called nuclear fission (atoms fissioning into lighter atoms). A self-sustaining fission reaction where atoms break apart, and cause other atoms to break apart, can be created with many radioactive elements such as Plutonium or Uranium in an event called a Chain Reaction.
As radioactive uranium decay it turns into what stable element?
Heavy radioactive elements (parent nuclei) decay to form daughter products that are as varied in number as the parents. Each heavy element has its own daughter.To find the decay mode and end products of the radioactive decay for a given isotope, use a Table of Nuclides. A link is provided to the interactive chart posted by the National Nuclear Data Center at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.The final stable element formed by all radioactive decay is lead (element number 82).
