Introduction To General, Organic, And Biochemistry
Introduction To General, Organic, And Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781337571357
Author: Frederick A. Bettelheim, William H. Brown, Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Omar Torres
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 64P
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Strontium-90 is more dangerous to human body than most other radioactive isotopes that were present in the Chernobyl fallout is to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Radioisotope is the unstable nuclei of an element which has the same atomic number as the parent atom, but the atomic mass is different, these isotopes emit alpha beta, and gamma particles from the nucleus.

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Introduction To General, Organic, And Biochemistry

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