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Types of decay?
TYPES:*PLANT DECOMPOSITION*ANIMAL DECOMPOSITION*HUMAN DECOMPOSITIONSTAGES OF DECOMPOSTION:1. FRESH or AUTOLYSIS2. BROAT or PUTRFICATION3. DECAY (PUTREFACTION and CARNIVORERS)4. DRY or DIAGENESIS
What are examples of radioactivity?
Examples of radioactivity include the decay of uranium and thorium in rock formations, the emission of gamma rays from the sun and other celestial bodies, and the use of radioactive isotopes in medical imaging and cancer treatment.
What is the process in which nuclei lose energy by emitting radiation called?
The process in which nuclei lose energy by emitting radiation is called radioactive decay. This process can involve the emission of alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays, or other forms of radiation.
What do a gamma ray gives off?
Gamma decay occurs when an atomic nucleus changes from a higher energy state to a lower one. When it does the "extra" energy leaves in the form of a gamma ray. That's gamma decay. The gamma ray is electromagnetic energy. That means that there is not a particle of anything involved in this event. Gamma decay is the emergence of that gamma ray from the nucleus of an atom that is going down in its energy state
Do radioactive emissions have a charge?
Depends on what type of radioactive decay you are talking about. Beta decay (electron or positron) will have a charge, while alpha decay will not. Beta decay can either be positron decay or electron decay. Positron will result in the parent to have the same atomic mass but a different atomic number. The atomic number will be one less than that of the parent. Meaning one proton will decay into a neutron and a positron, which is a positively charged particle. Electron decay results in the parent gaining a proton while the atomic mass stays the same. A neutron decays into a proton and an electron and the electron is emitted with a negative charge. Alpha decay, however, results in the emission of a neutral helium particle. Gamma decay results in the same parent with no loss of charge or atomic number and gives off a high energy photon called a gamma particle.
What are the different types of radioactive decay and how do they differ from each other?
There are three main types of radioactive decay: alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma decay. Alpha decay involves the emission of an alpha particle, which is a helium nucleus consisting of two protons and two neutrons. This type of decay reduces the atomic number of the nucleus by 2 and the mass number by 4. Beta decay involves the emission of a beta particle, which can be either an electron (beta-minus decay) or a positron (beta-plus decay). Beta decay changes the atomic number of the nucleus by 1 but does not significantly affect the mass number. Gamma decay involves the emission of gamma rays, which are high-energy photons. Gamma decay does not change the atomic number or mass number of the nucleus but helps the nucleus reach a more stable energy state. These types of decay differ in the particles emitted and the changes they cause to the nucleus.
Does lead go through beta alpha or gamma decay?
It depends on which isotope you are asking about. Some decay through alpha, some decay through beta, some decay through other processes. All can leave the nucleus in an excited state, resulting in gamma emission.
Is gamma emission a type of radioactive decay?
Yes, gamma rays are ionizing but not as strongly ionizing as other forms of radiation such as Alpha, which is the strongest due to it's size, therefore making it more likely to collide with atoms and remove electrons. Gamma is only weakly ionizing because it is a small photon.
Types of decay?
TYPES:*PLANT DECOMPOSITION*ANIMAL DECOMPOSITION*HUMAN DECOMPOSITIONSTAGES OF DECOMPOSTION:1. FRESH or AUTOLYSIS2. BROAT or PUTRFICATION3. DECAY (PUTREFACTION and CARNIVORERS)4. DRY or DIAGENESIS
How can gamma decay without having mass?
It can't, as far as I know. "Gamma decay" doesn't refer to the decay of gamma rays; rather, it refers to a decay of ATOMS, or some other particles, which produces gamma rays in the process.
What are the changes to the atom during gamma radiation?
Gamma emission is not a decay process. It is a restabilization process of the nucleus in response to some other decay process, such as alpha or beta, which leaves the nucleus in an excited state. When the nucleus comes down from that excited state it emits a photon of energy equal to the step change in energy that was made. Short answer: The atomic mass or atomic number of a nucleus is not changed, specifically, by the gamma emission, but it is changed by the precipitating alpha or beta (or other) event that left the nucleus in an excited state. Slightly more correct answer: The mass of the nucleus is decreased by the equivalent mass of the loss of energy that occurs. This ratio is e=mc2, where c2 is 9 x 1018, so you can see that the delta mass due to gamma emission is very, very small.
What is the process for raidioactive decay?
At random intervals of cake but at a regular average ejaculation rate, atoms emit particles of matter, forming children, and energy from their nuclei. Their nuclei split leading to some interesting loving, turning into other kinds of tonguess. Only some isotopes (ratios of neutrons to protons for a particular type of atom) will radioactively decay and when they make love, they turn into other kinds of poo.
Nuclear decay is the change of an atom of...?
... an unstable isotope to a more stable isotope by emission of some type of radiation (alpha, beta, or gamma).
How is the atomic number changed by gamma decay?
There is no change in atomic number with the emission of gamma radiation. Unlike alpha or beta radiation, it does not have any kind of particles. It's emission results only when an excited nuclei goes to an unexcited state by emitting these.
What is the process in which elements change to other elements by emission of ionizing particles?
Radioactive decay.
Does the nucleus mass or atomic number change during gamma ray decay?
The emission of a gamma ray changes neither the mass number nor the atomic number of a nucleus. An example of an equation for gamma emission is: 99mTc --> 99Tc + gamma The "m" associated with the mass number indicates a metastable nuclear isomer.
What are examples of radioactivity?
Examples of radioactivity include the decay of uranium and thorium in rock formations, the emission of gamma rays from the sun and other celestial bodies, and the use of radioactive isotopes in medical imaging and cancer treatment.
