They emit radiation as they decay.
That radiation is not generally detectable by human senses (unless it glows in a color range we can see).
We need lab instruments to detect the radiation such as:
It is detected using a Geiger Counter and is measured in Dobson Units. (DU)
Well there are several ways one is the taste in the air you can taste radation depending on the level. Radation meters can be used. sudden upset stomach over a long period of time.
Radioactivity may be detected easily by photographic plate but instruments are more accurate it is measured in Dobson units.
Radioactive isotopes can be detected with a geiger counter or a scintillation counter/detector.
Radiations emitted by these isotopes are detected.
Radioactive isotopes are detected by the study of the emitted radiations.
Geiger Counters are used
radioactive decay
Over 99.999% of argon is not radioactive. A trace of radioactive argon-39 can be found in nature, but it is not significant. Synthetic radioactive isotopes of argon exist, as they do for all elements.
There is a very wide range of half-life for different radioactive isotopes, ranging from the billions of years to very small fractions of a second. So some isotopes disintegrate immediately, and others last a very long time.
The natural isotopes of nitrogen are stable; for the synthetic radioactive isotopes of nirogen see the link below.
Yes, Rn is radon a radioactive nonmetal. But the symbol Rn does not stand for "radioactive nonmetal." Rn Radon has no stable isotopes, so yes it is always a radioactive nonmetal.
They emit radiation that can be detected with various radiation measurement tools. Usually the isotopes will be in only one of the products of the chemical reaction, making it radioactive and the others nonradioactive.
Not all isotopes are radioactive; the radioactive isotopes are unstable and emit radiations.
Both isotopes and radioactive isotopes are pretty much the same but radioactive isotopes are better because it can be used to make medicine.
Sodium has no radioactive isotopes.
Radioactive isotopes are not stable.
All the uranium isotopes are radioactive.
All radioactive isotopes will disintegrate.
All isotopes of francium are radioactive.
radioactive isotopes! :)
Some examples are deuterium and tritium which are radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.
There are no radioactive isotopes of boron that are ordinarily found in nature. All elements have synthetic radioactive isotopes, however.
No radioactive isotopes of neon are ordinarily found in nature. All elements have radioactive synthetic isotopes, however.