Nuclear Chemistry

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Nuclear Chemistry

• Research Paper

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Why?

• You will use your knowledge of Nuclear Chemistry
  and your ability to conduct research on your
  chosen topic.
• You will produce a well written paper using
  proper format and citation, on your chosen topic.

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The Paper

• Introduction
• Some type of gotcha or hook
• Something to grab the readers attention
• Thesis statement
• Give an idea of what the paper is going to be
  about
• Either use the last sentence to transition to the
  first body paragraphor the first sentence of the
  next paragraph

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Paper

• First Body Paragraph
• Write about the most obvious point of paper the
  strongest example or the most obvious
• Topic of paragraph should come out in the first
  sentence or two and should relate to the thesis
• Either use the last sentence to transition to the
  first body paragraphor the first sentence of the
  next paragraph

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Paper

• Second Body Paragraph
• Follows first body paragraph
• The next obvious example or argument
• First sentence should hook in with the previous
  sentence of the last paragraph and tie the ideas
  togetherthey should transition
• The topic should become apparent within the first
  two sentences
• The topic should relates to the thesis
• Either use the last sentence to transition to the
  first body paragraphor the first sentence of the
  next paragraph

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Paper

• Third Body Paragraph
• Follows the second body paragraph
• The least obvious argument or example
• Topic should come out within the first two
  sentences
• The topic should relate to the thesis
• The first sentence should tie the second and
  third paragraphs
• Last sentence should signal the reader that this
  is the final point of the paper
• Last sentence of third body paragraph or first
  sentence of conclusion can transition to
  conclusion of the paper

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Paper

• Conclusion
• Include the following
• Mimic the pattern used in the introductory
  paragraph
• a restatement of the thesis statement, using some
  of the original language or language that
  "echoes" the original language. Do not duplicate
  thesis statement.
• a summary of the three main points from the body
  of the paper.
• a final statement that gives the reader signals
  that the discussion has come to an end.

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Possible Research Topics

• Carbon dating uses and limitations
• Nuclear fusion in the Sun
• Cold fusion
• PET (Positron emission tomography)
• Effects of exposure (nervous system, circulatory
  system, reproductive system, immune system)
• Manhattan Project/ Atomic bomb
• H-bomb
• Nuclear reactor/ power
• Super colliders/ Particle accelerators
• Radiation History timeline
• Nuclear fission (chain reaction, control rods)
• Nuclear waste disposal
• Chernobyl
• Cancer treatment, tracers, imaging
• Measuring the age of the Earth
• How radiation is measured
• Six beneficial uses of radiation
• Natural sources of radiation
• Man made radiation

• Medicine ? - rays, x- rays, pet-scans,
  cat-scans, radiation treatment for cancer/illness
• Food treatment (irradiating food)
• Smoke detectors, home radon detectors
• Radiochemical dating in geology, archaeology,
  performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)
• Glow in the dark products
• Nuclear Weapons
• Nuclear power plants in the U.S.
• Remediating radon problems in the home.
• X ray scanners at airports
• Full body scans at airports
• How is half life determined?
• Radiation Poisoning
• What does the NRC do?
• Nuclear arms inspections IAEA
• Enriching plutonium
• Mining uranium and enriching it.