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Radioactive decay occurs when an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation, transforming into a more stable configuration. This process can involve the release of particles such as alpha particles, beta particles, or gamma rays. As a result, the original element may change into a different element; for example, when uranium-238 undergoes alpha decay, it transforms into thorium-234. Thus, radioactive decay not only results in the emission of radiation but also in the formation of new elements through nuclear transmutation.
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Can you get power from the radioactive element Uranium?
Yes, the radioactive decay of Uranium-235 is used to produce power in nuclear power plants.
What is the breakdown of a radioactive isotope of the same element or of another element?
radioactive decay
What radioactive element is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms to decay?
The half-life
The half-life of a radioactive element is?
The time it takes for half of the atoms to decay, and become some other type of atom.
What element is radioactive and explosive?
There are at least 50 different elements produced in a nuclear explosion, most are fission products in 2 peaks, some are formed by neutron capture and beta decay. The majority of these are radioactive isotopes of the elements.
Can you get power from the radioactive element Uranium?
Yes, the radioactive decay of Uranium-235 is used to produce power in nuclear power plants.
What is the breakdown of a radioactive isotope of the same element or of another element?
radioactive decay
Can a radioactive element completely decay so that it is all stable matter?
A radioactive element (atom) can decay up to a stable isotope.
What is the lightest element that can undergo radioactive decay and what type of decay occurs in that element?
The lightest "element" that can undergo radioactive decay is the isotope hydrogen-3, which undergoes beta decay. The lightest element with no radioactively stable isotopes is technetium, and its isotopes have different modes of decay.
What kind of decay can change one element to another kind of element?
That would be radioactive decay.
What characterizes a radioactive element?
A radioactive element is characterized by having unstable atomic nuclei that decay and emit radiation in the form of alpha particles, beta particles, or gamma rays. This decay process results in the transformation of the element into a different element or isotope.
The time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample of a radioactive element to decay is the element's?
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Radioactive decay occurs when?
When a radioactive element slowly turns into another element/s when it emits various particles.
Can one element change into a different element?
Yes, but only if it is radioactive. Radioactive elements change into different elements through radioactive decay.
What is the name of the time required to change a part of a radioactive element to a stable element?
The name for the time required for half of a radioactive element to decay into a stable element is called the half-life. It is a constant value unique to each radioactive isotope, and it is used to measure the rate of radioactive decay.
What is the term for the element that a radioactive isotope decay into?
The term for the element that a radioactive isotope decays into is called the "daughter product". During radioactive decay, the original isotope transforms into a different element or isotope through a series of decay reactions.
What radioactive element is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms to decay?
The half-life
