Chemistry Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Distinguish between a nuclear reaction and a chemical reaction. | nuclear reactions change the nucleus of the atoms |
| Explain the difference between alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. | Alpha: release of an alpha particle from the nucleus beta: release of a beta particle from the nucleus Gamma: release of gamma rays from the nucleus |
| Differentiate between the two types of nuclear reactions. Include what happens, where these types of reactions occur, and whether or not they create radioactive waste. | Fission: Splitting of 1 larger atom into 2 or more smaller ones. Creates radioactive waste. Fusion: combning 2 or more lighter atoms into a larger one. does not make radioactive waste. |
| Write the nuclear equation for Barium-137 undergoing beta decay. | 137Ba56 = 0e-1 + 137La57 |
| Write the nuclear equation of Colbalt-54 undergoing alpha decay. | 54Co27 = 4He2 + 50Mn25 |
| After an alpha particle is released, the daughter nuclide is Lead-205. Write a balanced nuclear equation | 209Po84 = 4He2 + 205Pb82 |
| The half life of Cs-137 is 30.2 years. If the inital mass of the sample is 1000g, how much will remain after 151 years | 31.25g |
| with a half life of 28.8 years, how long will it take 1000mg of strontium-90 to decay to 125 mg | 86.4yr |
| Carbon-14 has a half life of 5730 years. when living, a sample of wood contained 24 g of C-14. Now as a fossilized sample, it contains 1.5g. How old is the sample | 22920yr |
| Nuclear chemistry | The study of changes to the nucleus of an atom |
| Radioactivity | The admition of radiation |
| Radioactive isotopes | have excess nuclear energy and thus are unstable and more likely to decay |
| Radiation | the small particles and rays released during a nuclear reaction |
| Radioactive decay | the spontaneous process by which an unstable nucleus can no longer hold itself together, so it loses energy and matter by emitting radiation |
| half-life | the amount of time it takes for one-half of the radioactive isotope to decay |
| Chain reaction | when something happens to due something else |
| Alpha decay | release of an alpha particle from the nucleus |
| Nuclear fusion | the combining of 2 or more lighter atoms into a larger one |
| Beta decay | release of a beta particle from the nucleus |
| Nuclear Fission | the splitting of 1 larger atom into 2 or more smaller ones. |
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