Nuclear Chemistry Quiz
Polonium-210 is a radioactive isotope with a half life of 138 days. What is the most likely decay pathway for Polonium-210?
Potassium-40 is the largest naturally occurring source of radioactivity and it is the reason that bananas have shockingly high radiation doses. In fact there is a informal unit called the banana equivalent dose (or BED)! When potassium-40 decays by β\beta ^-emission what nuclei is produced?
Which isotope is most likely to undergo fission to produce nuclear energy?
The difference between the nuclear reactions in a nuclear power plant under normal working conditions and a nuclear bomb is:
Which element would you expect to have the largest mass defect?
From a series of satellite measurements you find that the amount of 238U in a solar system is about 22% of the amount found at the beginning of it's existence. How old is the solar system? The half life for uranium-238 is 4.5 x 109 yr.