235U with a 5% enrichment of 238U is generally used to fuel a controlled nuclear chain reaction. In a navy nuclear application, such as a submarine, a higher enrichment of 238U is used, around 20%.
When an isotope is unstable, it is said to be radioactive.
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
Radioactive isotopes.
Some isotopes are radioactive, some are not.
The parent isotope is the original radioactive isotope that undergoes decay to form the daughter isotope. The daughter isotope is the stable isotope that is formed as a result of the radioactive decay of the parent isotope.
A nuclear reaction
The final product is not radioactive.
When an isotope is unstable, it is said to be radioactive.
This is because only one isotope decay.
The stable isotope formed by the breakdown of a radioactive isotope is called a daughter isotope. This process is known as radioactive decay, where a radioactive isotope transforms into a stable daughter isotope through the emission of particles or energy.
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
The radioactive isotope is disintegrated in time and emit radiations.
If you use a heavier isotope of iodine, it should be radioactive.
The stable isotope produced by radioactive decay is called a daughter isotope.
The half life of an isotope refers to the rate at which a radioactive isotope undergoes radioactive decay. Specifically, it is the amount of time it takes for half of a given sample of a radioactive isotope to decay.
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the amount of time it takes for one-half of the radioactive isotope to decay. The half-life of a specific radioactive isotope is constant; it is unaffected by conditions and is independent of the initial amount of that isotope.
Radioactive isotopes.