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What type of radioactive decay involves only the release of high energy photons and therefore does not change the mass of the radionuclide?
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∙ 11y ago
There is no normal process by which a nucleus can release energy without changing the element. Even gamma radiation, which is photon emission from the nucleus during a restabilization sequence, has a predecessor, i.e. usually beta or alpha, which does change the element.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 6y agoHigh-energy photons are gamma rays; the decay is called gamma decay. Please note that the mass of an atom DOES change, since a loss of energy is accompanied by a loss in mass.
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∙ 11y agogamma radioactive decay
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∙ 12y agoGamma
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White light is made of?
Though you can say light is made up of photons, the photons themselves are not matter, they are energy. Therefore light is actually energy. But you can still say light is made of photons.
Does gravity have an affect on photons?
Gravity deforms spacetime, and photons follow the curves in spacetime that are put there by objects with large mass (and, therefore, large gravity).
What has no mass?
Not many things have no mass however Photons (Light Particles) have no mass and therefore they travel at the speed of light.
What is gamma made of?
They are an electro-magnetic wave much like visible light. After a sub atomic particle interaction such as radioactive decay, the nucleus can be left in an excited state. It realeases this energy in the form of a gamma ray.
What is the term for the small packets of energy emitted from light?
Pretty sure it is photons.....
Which form of radioactive decay consists of photons?
Gamma rays.
Which form of radioactive decay consists of photons and thus has no matter but great penetrating power?
Gamma
What makes x-ray photons different from microwave photons and green photons?
The amount of energy and therefore the wavelength differs. X-rays are more energetic than the others you mentioned.
White light is made of?
Though you can say light is made up of photons, the photons themselves are not matter, they are energy. Therefore light is actually energy. But you can still say light is made of photons.
Does gravity have an affect on photons?
Gravity deforms spacetime, and photons follow the curves in spacetime that are put there by objects with large mass (and, therefore, large gravity).
Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?
Gamma ray photons have a higher frequency (and therefore carry more energy) than X-ray photons.
Elements whose atoms give off radiation are called?
Radioactive elements give off radiation. The emission of radiation occurs when an unstable atomic nucleus tries to become stable. Some examples of radioactive elements are radium, curium, nobelium, rubidium, and polonium.
Which molecule would you need to radioactively label in order to produce radioactive oxygen during photosynthesis?
The equation for photosynthesis is CO2 + 2H2O + photons → [CH2O] + O2 + H2O Thus you can see that oxygen from both Water and Carbon dioxide may be contributing to the O2 formed (the Carbon ends up with just one Oxygen attached and another one is left when a water molecule loses its hydrogens. One could therefore label either Carbon dioxide or Water (or both) with radioactive Oxygen to produce radioactive oxygen in photosynthesis.
Which photon would do least damage to the nucleus of one of your cells and why?
Single gamma photons would probably do the worst damage to the cell structure. They are extremely energetic and quite radioactive.
How is Bismuth-213 produced?
Bismuth-213 is a radioactive isotope of the element, bismuth. It is made using a linear particle accelerator through the process of bombarding radium with bremsstrahlung photons.
Production of what type of energy involves fission?
Production of Nuclear energy involves fission. The fission process often produces free neutrons and photons in the form of gamma rays, and releases a very large amount of energy.
What has no mass?
Not many things have no mass however Photons (Light Particles) have no mass and therefore they travel at the speed of light.
