What radionuclide technique can be used to estimate the age of geological events up to a few billion years?

Q: Write the different effects of radiation on life?

A: The energy that either come from unstable atom (radioactive element) or from a machine, traveled in…

Q: Which of the following statements relating to indirect radiochemical interactions is INCORRECT?

A: D option is incorrect

Q: Who discovered Radioactivity? How?

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

Q: Which type of radiation can penetrate about 1 cm of human flesh and requires wood or aluminum as…

A: Radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space…

Q: List some Radioisotopes used in Radiation Therapy?

A: Some of the radioisotopes used in Radiation Therapy, that has to be listed below.

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: Which of the following is NOT an example of radioactivity? * Being exposed to UV rays in a tanning…

A: Being exposed to UV rays in a tanning bed is an example of radiation in everyday life. Tc-99 can be…

Q: Which kind of radiation from radioactive substances is most dangerous to humans?  What type of…

A: The radioactive radiation emitted by radioactive substances are: i) Alpha radiation ii) Beta…

Q: s the mode of decay for strontium-81 ?

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Q: Give examples of common radioisotopes used in medicine.

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

Q: Write a short note on Radiation Damage

A: Answer - Radiation Damage - Radiation damage can be defined as the displacement of many atoms from…

Q: What are the harmful biological effects of radiation and how do we protect ourselve from exposure?

A: The radiation is one of the hazardous agents. An accidental exposure of radiation during short…

Q: What mass of Carbon-14 must be in a sample to have an activity of 2.00 mCi?

A: Solution - According to the question - Given - 2.00mCi = 2.00 * 10-3 Ci = 2.00 * 10-3 * 3.7 * 1010…

Q: Summarize medical applications of radioisotopes

A: Radioisotopes have many applications in both diagnosis and medical treatment. The radiations emitted…

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: Can radiocarbon dating be used to find the age of rocks from the Grand Canyon? Why or why not?

A: To find out whether radiocarbon dating be used to find the age of rocks from the Grand Canyon.

Q: Define the term Nuclear Binding Energies?

A: Given term,      Nuclear Binding Energies

Q: Which of the following types of radiation has the greatest penetrating ability?

A: Different types of radiations have varied penetrating power. Penetration means ability to pass…

Q: Choose the appropriate drop-down to complete the paragraph. Gallium-67 has a half life of 78.1 hours…

A: lf life of Galium-67 = 78.1 hours lf life of Radium- 226= 1600 years

Q: If a radioactive sample had an activity of 5.0 mCi, how many disintegrations per second does this…

A: Given data contains, Activity of the sample is 5.0 mCi.

Q: Explain why the age of a sample of a radioisotope is important to understanding its activity. Use an…

A: age of a sample of a radioisotope is important to understanding its activity because, radioactive…

Q: How does a radionuclide generator produce radionuclides?

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

Q: How does ionizing radiation cause damage to cells of the body?

A: When ionizing radiation interacts with a cell, several things can happen: The radiation could pass…

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: 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: information of revolution and radioctivity of nuclear energy

A: It is given to write the information about revolution and radioactivity of nuclear energy.

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: Suppose the intensity of radiation from a given source is 150.0 radsat 1.5 miles, how far away from…

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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 are the principles of radiometric dating methods? detail your descriptions with figures

A: Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date…

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: 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: is a question where you will take a picture of your work and upload the picture for this question.…

A: Po-215 emits an alpha particle and a gama ray

Q: "HW1: What do PET diagnostic radionuclides have in common?

A: The particle that has a charge (positive) opposite to the charge of an electron (negative) is known…

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: Other than research, what is the only way nuclear fusion is used by humans? O in thermonuclear…

A: Nuclear fusion and fission reactions find a number of applications in various fields.

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 is the process of predicting the type of Radioactivity?

A: Some atomic nuclei are energetically unstable. The rapid disintegration of such unstable nuclei into…

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: he effectiue nuclear change Ra

A: Effective nuclear charge refers to the charge that the outermost (valance) electron have. Also, the…

Q: Why is ionizing radiation so dangerous?

A: Ionizing radiation has so much energy as it can knock electrons out of atoms, a process known as…

Q: Define the term Radio-activity?

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