Nuclear Radiation

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Nuclear Radiation Radioactive Isotopes

• How does this relate to Fracking?

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What is the function of a Geiger Counter?
Filled with inert gases
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Nuclear Chemistry
Neutron is..
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What force holds the nucleus together?
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Nuclear Chemistry 101

• Nuclei are unstable when they have low amounts of
  binding energy.
• When they are unstable, they are more likely to
  break into pieces.

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Alpha particle emission--a nucleus could lose an
alpha particle, which is essentially the same
thing as the nucleus of a helium atom. An alpha
particle has two protons and two neutrons, but no
electrons (so it has a 2 charge). This is a
type of fission.
Beta particle emission--a beta particle is just
like a high speed electron
Tremendous amounts of energy given by the STRONG
FORCE in the nucleus (NO CHARGE)
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Writing Nuclear Formulas and Equations

• alpha particle is the following.
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What happens to Uranium 238?
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Writing Nuclear Formulas and Equations

• A Beta particle can be described as

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Now, calculate the complete Transmutation of
Uranium-238 This is the worksheet that you
should pick-up