Chemistry: Concepts and ApplicationsChapter 21:
Nuclear ChemistryWeb Links
| What is Radioactivity? | | Visit this site for an explanation of radioactivity and diagrams of the various types.
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http://web.ccr.jussieu.fr/radioactivite/english/what_is_radioactivity.htm
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| Exploring the Table of Isotopes | | This site is a project of the Berkeley National Laboratory. Use the interactive table to learn more about isotopes. What is the half-life of Cs-115?
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http://ie.lbl.gov/education/isotopes.htm
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| How Nuclear Radiation Works | | Learn the benefits as well as the risks of using nuclear radiation. What is meant by the term radioactive decay?
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear.htm
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| Three Types of Radioactive Decay | | Learn about the types of radioactive decay at this site, and take the review quiz at the bottom of the page.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/3471/radiation_types_body.html
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| Radiocarbon Dating | | Radiocarbon dating can determine the age of different materials. Visit this site and explain how we know the age of something after dating it with radiocarbon.
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http://www2.waikato.ac.nz/c14/webinfo/int.html
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| Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emmission Tomography | | A division of an Australian hospital shows how radioactive tracers are used in medicine. Visit this site and explain how radioactivity has led to advances in modern medicine.
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http://www.austin.unimelb.edu.au/dept/nmpet/
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| Smoke Detectors and Americium | | This site explains how smoke detectors use radioactive elements. Visit this site and explain why it is essential to have radioactive elements in certain smoke detectors.
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http://www.uic.com.au/nip35.htm
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