NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY Objectives
Objective 1 Define radioactivity and distinguish between natural and artificial
Objective 2 Explain Transmutation
Objective 3 List three radioactive emissions: –Alpha –Beta –Gamma
Objective 4 Describe what each emission is composed of and how they differ from each other with respect to mass, charge, penetrating power, and ionizing power
Objective 5 Tell what happens to an element that undergoes alpha decay, beta decay, or gamma decay
Objective 6 Discuss the process used to separate the three types of radioactive emissions
Separation of Particles
Objective 7 Discuss half life and use Table N to find half lives of various radioactive isotopes
Objective 8 Calculate half life and fraction remaining from various word problems
Half life questions How many grams of a 20 gram sample of iodine- 131 remain after days? What is the half life of a radioisotope if 2.5 grams of a 160 gram sample remains after 108 years? If it takes years for a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay from 100 grams to 12.5 grams, what is the identity of the atom?
Objective 9 Solve for unknowns in nuclear equations
Objective 10 Define and explain mass defect
Objective 11 Define bonding energy
Objective 12 Explain the basic difference between a fission reaction and a fusion reaction
Objective 13 Explain how a chain reaction works
Objective 14 Discuss the difference between a fission reactor in a nuclear bomb and the one in a nuclear fission reactor
Objective 15 Give the details of a fusion reaction
Objective 16 List the three places fusion reactions occur