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Chem 5/9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Democritus | thought matter was composed of atoms |
| Rutherford | Positively charged alpha particles are ions of helium |
| Transmutation | conversion of one element to another by natural or artificial means |
| Tracers | chem compound where 1+ atoms are replaced by a radioisotope |
| radioisotope | atom with unstable nucleus |
| chain reaction | products cause reaction to continue or magnify |
| Protium | H-1 |
| Deuterium | H-2 |
| tritium | H-3 |
| Dalton | Revised concept of atom |
| ionizing radiation | dislocate bonding electrons and create ions when passing through matter |
| transuranic elements | follow uranium. atomic #'s greater than 92 |
| fission | heavy nuclide splits into 2 |
| critical mass | minimum quantity of an element needed to support a self-sustaining chain reaction |
| mass defect | difference between mass of protons and neutrons and the mass of nucleus |
| Thomson | showed exisistance of electron |
| fusion | uniting 2 light elements to form heavier one |
| artificial nuclear rection | disintegrate in definite fashion with specific half life |