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What particle is emitted when Pu 240 decays to U 236?
An alpha particle is emitted when Pu-240 decays to U-236. It consists of two protons and two neutrons and is commonly emitted in alpha decay processes.
What is the half-life of uranium 239?
Pu-239 has a half-life of 24,110 years.
What is difference between plutonium 238 and 240?
Plutonium-238 has a half-life of 87.7 years and is used as a heat source in radioisotope thermoelectric generators, while plutonium-240 has a half-life of 6,560 years and is generated as a byproduct in nuclear reactors. Plutonium-238 is highly radioactive and useful for power generation in space missions, while plutonium-240 is less desirable due to its high rate of spontaneous fission, which can complicate nuclear weapon design.
What particle is emitted when Pu-240 decays to U-236?
240Pu decays to 236U by emitting an alpha particle. You can tell this by looking at the difference in atomic mass. 240 minus 236 is 4, and that is the mass of an alpha particle. You can also tell this by looking at a chart of the nuclides. See the related link below for an example from Brookhaven National Laboratories.
What is an isotope that the time it takes it to decay to half its original mass?
c.half-life
What does Pu-239 has a half-life of?
Pu-239 has a half-life of 24,110 years.
How long has plutonium got left?
If you think to the half life this value for the isotope Pu-29 is 2,41.10e+4 years. Each isotope has another half life.
What is half of 240?
Half of 240 is 120.120120
What particle is emitted when Pu 240 decays to U 236?
An alpha particle is emitted when Pu-240 decays to U-236. It consists of two protons and two neutrons and is commonly emitted in alpha decay processes.
What is the half-life of uranium 239?
Pu-239 has a half-life of 24,110 years.
Plutonium-241 is an isotope of plutonium that is highly radioactive and is used in some nuclear reactors and many nuclear weapons It has a half-life of 14.4 years If 1000g of Pu-241 is placed in sto?
Question incomplete. Pu-241 is formed from Pu-240, the longer the fuel is irradiated in the reactor the more of the higher mass Pu isotopes are formed. This is why to produce weapons grade Pu, which must be mostly Pu-239, the fuel has to be irradiated only for a limited period. Pu-241 is fissile, so could be used in a weapon, but I believe the disadvantage is that it fissions spontaneously which can lower the weapons efficiency. I suggest you (a) complete the question, and (b) put it in the Nuclear Weapons category, possibly also Nuclear Physics, rather than Nuclear Energy which I take to be about civil use of nuclear power.
How many half lifes with in plutonium?
Plutonium-239, a common isotope of plutonium, has a half-life of about 24,100 years. To calculate the number of half-lives, divide the total time by the half-life. For example, in 48,200 years, there would be 2 half-lives.
What is 2 and a half of 240?
To find two and a half of 240, you first calculate half of 240, which is 120. Then, you add another half of 240, which is another 120. Finally, you add half of 240 again, which is 60. So, two and a half of 240 is 120 + 120 + 60 = 300.
What is the stability in plutonium?
Being a radioactive chemical element plutonium is not stable.The half life of the isotope Pu-239 is 2,41.10e+4 years.
What is half of 4.80?
half of 480 is 240
What is 17and a half percent of 240?
.175 x 240 = 42
What is the half-life of plutonium-239?
Plutonium has 20 isotopes; each isotope has another half-life. Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_plutonium.
