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Which isotope will spontaneously decay and emit particles with a charge of 2?
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What correctly describes the charge of beta particles and alpha particles?
Beta particles, from beta- decay, have a charge of -1. Beta particles, from beta+ decay, have a charge of +1. Alpha particles have a charge of +2.
What is a stable isotope?
Stable isotopes are chemical isotopes that are not radioactive, meaning that they do not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.
Why synthesized isotopes emit alpha and beta particles?
All radioactive isotopes are unstable and they decay to a stable isotope emitting particles.
When an isotope is blank it does not undergo radioactive decay?
when an isotope is it does not undergo radioactive decay
Do isotopes that decay really disappear explain?
They don't so much disappear as become converted to a different isotope - as they throw off particles. If you took the remaining material and added the mass of the particles released as radiation, you should still get the same mass as the original material before the radioactive decay.
What is a radioisopes?
A radioisotope is a radioactive isotope. When radioisotopes decay, they spontaneously emit particles and radiation. Radioisotopes are commonly used in scientific research and medicine.
What are the particles emitted during radioactive decay with their mass and charge?
alpha: mass 4, charge +2beta: mass ~1/1800, charge -1gamma: mass 0, charge 0
What correctly describes the charge of beta particles and alpha particles?
Beta particles, from beta- decay, have a charge of -1. Beta particles, from beta+ decay, have a charge of +1. Alpha particles have a charge of +2.
What is a stable isotope?
Stable isotopes are chemical isotopes that are not radioactive, meaning that they do not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.
Why synthesized isotopes emit alpha and beta particles?
All radioactive isotopes are unstable and they decay to a stable isotope emitting particles.
Do isotopes that decay really disappear explain?
They don't so much disappear as become converted to a different isotope - as they throw off particles. If you took the remaining material and added the mass of the particles released as radiation, you should still get the same mass as the original material before the radioactive decay.
When an isotope is blank it does not undergo radioactive decay?
when an isotope is it does not undergo radioactive decay
To what does plutonium-239 decay when it loses an alpha particle?
Yes, plutonium-239 emits alpha particles by decay.
What is the charge of beta particles?
Beta Particles have a negative charge,In Beta decay a neutron changes into a proton and a beta particle, an electron.
What is the lifetime of an electron?
The life of an isotope depends on whether it is stable or not. Stable isotopes do not decay and therefore, do not have an lifetime since they do not go away. Unstable isotopes decay at predictable rates. However, each unstable isotope decays at a its own rate. Therefore, the life of an unstable isotope depends on the isotope in question. Some isotopes have extremely short lifetimes (milliseconds) and other have extremely long lifetimes (billions of years).
Charged particles that are given off by the nuclei of radioisotopes as they decay are called?
Either an Alpha particle or Beta particle depending on what isotope it comes from
What is the radioactive decay law?
The rate of decay (activity) of a radioactive isotope is proportional to the number of atoms of the isotope present.
