1. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY Objectives 1 - 16

2. Objective 1 Define radioactivity and distinguish between natural and artificial

3. Objective 2 Explain Transmutation

4. Objective 3 List three radioactive emissions: –Alpha –Beta –Gamma

5. 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

6. Objective 5 Tell what happens to an element that undergoes alpha decay, beta decay, or gamma decay

7. Objective 6 Discuss the process used to separate the three types of radioactive emissions

8. Separation of Particles

9. Objective 7 Discuss half life and use Table N to find half lives of various radioactive isotopes

11. Objective 8 Calculate half life and fraction remaining from various word problems

12. Half life questions How many grams of a 20 gram sample of iodine- 131 remain after 24.21 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 17190 years for a sample of a radioactive isotope to decay from 100 grams to 12.5 grams, what is the identity of the atom?

13. Objective 9 Solve for unknowns in nuclear equations

14. Objective 10 Define and explain mass defect

15. Objective 11 Define bonding energy

16. Objective 12 Explain the basic difference between a fission reaction and a fusion reaction

17. Objective 13 Explain how a chain reaction works

18. Objective 14 Discuss the difference between a fission reactor in a nuclear bomb and the one in a nuclear fission reactor

19. Objective 15 Give the details of a fusion reaction

20. Objective 16 List the three places fusion reactions occur