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A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG) is an electrical generator which obtains its power from radioactive decay. In such a device, the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material is converted into electricity by the Seebeck effect using an array of thermocouples. RTGs can be considered as a type of battery and have been used as power sources in satellites, space probes and unmanned remote facilities. RTGs are usually the most desirable power source for unmanned or unmaintained situations needing a few hundred watts or less of power for durations too long for fuel cells, batteries and generators to provide economically, and in places where solar cells are not viable.
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Materials that pass current easily are call?
They are called electrical conductors
All matter is composed of atoms or molecules that have energy of motion also known as?
What we normally call heat or thermal energy.
What do we call the chemical that cells need to work and reproduce?
Cells need many chemicals, but perhaps you are thinking of DNA.
What do you call a carbonated drink that improves tone vigor and function of an organ?
This is an energy drink.
Stored energy is known as?
I don't believe there is a special word for stored energy, I would just call it that, "stored energy". Energy of position is called potential energy. For example, if you lift a weight against the force of gravitation, the energy you transfer to the object is stored as gravitational potential energy. At a higher position, it has more of this energy than when it is at a low position.
How do radioactive elements produce their own energy?
The energy released in a radioactive decay arises because the nucleus is moving from one energy level to a lower energy one. The link below gives a good outline explanation in the Explanation section.
What would you call a series of radioactive nuclides produced by radioactive decay until a stable nuclide is reached?
Decay Series
What do you call materials produced when a volcano erupts?
Lava
What is call An Alternative to oil resources but it careful disposal of the radioactive waste which is produced?
Geothermal
What do you call the Study on how sound is produced or transmitted?
Acoustics is the general field, and ranges from human anatomy, to architectural acoustics, to building materials, and music and speech.
What is potential energy called that is associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed?
For materials such as rubber I would call it elastic energy. For compressed gases I would just call it mechanical energy-the compressed gas exerts a force which would move a piston against another force, and that constitutes work.
What do we call an object that produces its own heat and light energy?
the sun creates it's on heat because it already fire
What do you call a process taking place in chloroplasts during which a plant's chlorophyll traps light energy and sugars are produced for food?
Photosynthesis
Why an element call radioactive?
it is unstable and decays to another element
What do you call an element with unstable nucleus?
Radioactive isotope, or radioisotope.
What type of energy is produced with a battery wires and a bulb?
The battery produces electrical energy. If the light bulb is connected between the terminals of the battery, then the bulb will change the electrical energy into heat, and if you're lucky and you have the correct voltage, also maybe some light.
What do we call materials that settle out of water?
These materials are sediments.
