What is one example of a radioisotope used in medicine? What is it used for?

Q: Who discovered Radioactivity? How?

A: Radioactivity is the spontaneous emission of radiation in the form of particles or high energy…

Q: How nuclear stability is related to binding energy per nucleon

A: Nuclear stability is related to binding energy per nucleon that has to be given.

Q: Describe the meaning of the term natural radioactivity.

A: Natural radioactivity is a purely nuclear phenomenon. The nucleus of a radioactive substance is…

Q: What units are used to measure radioactivity?

A: Radioactive decay or radioactivity refers to the breakdown of an unstable nucleus to a stable…

Q: Three nuclear techniques and explain

A: Name of nuclear technique and explanation is given below.

Q: Describe some of the medical uses, both in diagnosis and in treatment of disease, of radioactivity?

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Q: What is the meanings of radioactivity, nucleon, nuclide, and isotope

A: What are the meanings of radioactivity, nucleon, nuclide, and isotope?

Q: What radionuclide technique can be used to estimate the age of geological events up to a few billion…

A: Geological events can be defined as the events which are related to the rocks, formation of rocks,…

Q: Give examples of common radioisotopes used in medicine.

A: The examples of common radioisotopes used in medicine has to be given.

Q: What radionuclide technique can be used to estimate the age of fossils up to 50,000 years old?

A: Radionuclide: It is also known as Radioactive nuclide, radioactive isotopes. These are the atoms…

Q: Using the diagrams below, label the nuclear process as alpha, beta, or gamma radiation. Explain how…

A: The given reaction is : P82214b→B83214i + e-10

Q: Explain why it is safe to use radioisotopes to diagnose medical problems.

A: To find: Why is is safe to use radioisotopes to diagnose medical problems

Q: How does a radionuclide generator produce radionuclides?

A: Radionuclide generators are devices that produce a short-lived medical radionuclide from the…

Q: When high energy radiation knocks an electron out of an atom that it strikes, a _____ is formed. a.…

A: A bond between two atoms is formed by the sharing or transfer of electrons. The electrons present in…

Q: What radioisotope could be a problem in homes built of cinder blocks made from uranium mine…

A: Uranium mine tailing is a waste from the Uranium mill that is used for preparing cinder blocks.…

Q: Which of the following nuclear emissions moves away from negatively charged plates and moves towards…

A: nuclear emission : It is a spontaneous process where a radioactive nucleus continuously emits…

Q: Each equation shows a radioactive isotope giving off some form of radiation, labeled X. Which…

A: alpha partcle  =  2He 4 When a nucleus emits an alpha particle, changes:  mass number decreases by…

Q: how will you differentiate the concept of radioactivity and decay?

A: Radioactivity is the term given to the breaking-up (decay) or rearrangement of an atom's nucleus.…

Q: Which of the following affects the half life of a radioactive sample? A the age of sample B, the…

A: Half-life period: The time required for a given substance to disintegrate into one-half of its…

Q: What is radioactivity? Who discovered it? How was it discovered?

A: Radioactivity is the property of some atomic nuclei of spontaneously emitting gamma rays or…

Q: a balanced nuclear

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Q: how to explain the difference between radioactivity and radioactive decay

A: Interpretation -  To explain difference between radioactivity and radioactive decay -…

Q: Fiesta Ware™, which is widely sold around the country, inadvertently used glazing which contained…

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Q: Define Radiotracers?

A: Radiotracers also called as radiolabel compound which are use as a path tracers of reaction , drug…

Q: What are the different ways of measuring the radiation exposure?

A: Radiation is energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light. This…

Q: Calculate the mass in grams that corresponds to an activity of 1 mCi of the following radionuclides:…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three subparts for…

Q: Given what you have learned about this unit, what types of radiation (alpha, gamma, or beta) are…

A: There are four major types of radiation i.e. alpha, beta, neutrons, and electromagnetic waves such…

Q: radioisotope

A: Gamma rays:  Radioactive elements have nuclei that are unstable.The nuclei undergo radioactive decay…

Q: QUESTION 19 The beta emission from uranium -237 results in and

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Q: Which do you think would incur higher health risks: an amount of radioactive material with a short…

A: Radioisotopes with short half-lives are dangerous because that they can dose very heavily in a short…

Q: What is Nuclear Transmutation?

A: The definition of Nuclear Transmutation has to be given,

Q: Discuss the effects and applications of Radioactivity?

A: Radioisotopes have found extensive use in diagnosis and therapy, and this has given rise to a…

Q: Using the diagrams below, label the nuclear process as alpha, beta, or gamma radiation. Explain how…

A: We will identify the nuclear reaction

Q: Gamma radiation is used to treat certain types of tumors deep in the brain that cannot be accessed…

A: Gamma radiation is used to treat certain types of tumors deep in the brain which cannot be accessed…

Q: Who discovered radioactivity?

A: Who discovered radioactivity?

Q: How was radioactivity discovered?

A: Radioactivity was discovered accidentally in 1896 by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel.…

Q: Classify the following nuclear reactions by the type of nuclear decay represented.

A: Alpha decay is a process where the parent nucleus emits an alpha particle and thereby decays to a…

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A: Radioactivity is the property of matter to disintegrate and form stable atomic nuclei.

Q: True or false? During one half-life, the mass of a radioisotope is reduced by half. Explain.

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Q: Which nuclear reaction is classified as alpha decay

A: Alpha decay is nuclear reaction which involves decrease in mass number by 4 and decrease in atomic…

Q: What nuclear reactions occur? What are the products of the nuclear reaction, and why is this a…

A: Nuclear reaction, change in the identity or characteristics of an atomic nucleus, induced by…

Q: Describe the process of detecting radio-activity?

A: An unstable nuclei undergoes radioactive decay to make itself stable. Any material which contains…

Q: Radon is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas. Radon can build up…

A: Radioactive decay refers to the breakdown of an unstable nucleus to a stable nucleus with the…

Q: /hat type of shielding is needed to prevent alpha, beta an ne effects of exposure of these three…

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Q: Define the term Radio-activity?

A: Isotopes are those elements which have same atomic number but different mass numbers. There are many…