Chemistry Notes
Chapter 25. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
Addresses part of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, content standard 2

• Review of atoms and isotopes
• Radioactive decay Types
• Nuclear transformations; reaction series
• Detection of radioactivity
• APPLICATIONS:
  • Tracer studies
  • Radioactive Dating Decay graph Equations
  • Medical applications
  • Smoke detectors
• Nuclear energy
  • Uncontrolled nuclear fission (as in a bomb)
  • Controlled nuclear fission (as in a nuclear reactor)
  • Nuclear fusion
• Effects of radiation

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