Nuclear Chemistry Practice Quiz Questions [You may write examples in your flipbook.]
1. What is an isotope and what do they have to do with radioactivity? 2. Three types of radiation given off by unstable isotopes are 3. How do chemical and nuclear reactions differ? (List 3 differences.) 4. Explain the difference between fission and fusion. 5. Compare alpha, beta and gamma radiation in terms of size, charge and penetrating power. 6. What is meant by the term half‐life? If you have 100 grams of a substance that has a half life of 2 years, how much will you have left after 6 years? 7. Calculate the average atomic mass of element X.
Isotope X 37 X 35
Abundance (%) 75.77
Relative Mass (amu) 34.9689
24.23
36.9659
8. Write nuclear equations for…
Beta Decay of Lead 214
Alpha Decay of Uranium 238
Nuclear Chemistry Practice Quiz Questions [You may write examples in your flipbook.]
1. What is an isotope and what do they have to do with radioactivity? 2. Three types of radiation given off by unstable isotopes are 3. How do chemical and nuclear reactions differ? (List 3 differences.) 4. Explain the difference between fission and fusion. 5. Compare alpha, beta and gamma radiation in terms of size, charge and penetrating power. 6. What is meant by the term half‐life? If you have 100 grams of a substance that has a half life of 2 years, how much will you have left after 6 years? 7. Calculate the average atomic mass of element X.
Isotope X 37 X 35
Abundance (%) 75.77
Relative Mass (amu) 34.9689
24.23
36.9659
8. Write nuclear equations for…
Beta Decay of Lead 214
Alpha Decay of Uranium 238
