Nuclear Chemistry Flashcards
Carbon-14
- tracer
- date fossils
- organic
Radium/ cobalt-60
Treat cancer
U-238 and P-206
Date rocks and geological formations
I-131
Treat/detect thyroid cancer
Tc-99
Locate brain tumors
Gamma radiation
Food preservation
Used as tracer
Carbon-14
Used for food preservation
Gamma radiation
Treat/detect thyroid cancer
I-131
Locate brain tumors
Tc-99
Date fossils
Carbon-14
Treat cancer
Radium/cobalt-60
Date rocks and geological formations
U-238
P-206
Organic
Carbon-14
Medical uses
Need short half-life and quickly eliminated
235 1 139 94 1
U + n-> Ba + Kr +3n
92 0 56 36 0
Fission equation
2 2 3
H + H -> He + energy
1 1 2
Fusion equation
________ reaction produces more energy that a ________ reaction
Fusion reaction
Fission reaction
Fission
The splitting of a heavy nucleus into two or more lighter nuclei
Fusion
The combining of two lighter nuclei to make one heavier nucleus
