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Q: Iridium-192 is one radioisotope used in brachytherapy, in which a radioactive source is placed…

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Q: The half-life of Polonium-218 is 3.00 minutes.  How many half-lives pass after 18.0 minutes ?  The…

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Q: Calculate the half-life of a radioisotope if it takes 144 years for a sample to decay to 12.5% of…

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Q: The radioactive isotope I decays by electron capture. If the mass of a sample of iodine-123 decays…

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Q: 6. Fill in the missing product in the following nuclear reactions. 208, a. 81T1208 82Pb + ?…

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Q: 4. Which component is not typically found in a nuclear reactor facility?

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Q: The time it takes for half of a radioisotope's atoms to decay (like Carbon-14) ___.   is used to…

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.