What are Isotopes How are they used and a song to cheer you up http:www'youtube'comwatchvGFIvXVMbII0

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• What are Isotopes?How are they used?and a
  song to cheer you up! http//www.youtube.com/watc
  h?vGFIvXVMbII0featurerelated

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• Atoms with the same atomic number but with
  different atomic masses are called isotopes
• Another way to say it
• Atoms of the same element with differing numbers
  of neutrons

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• Isotopes have identical chemical properties, yet
  have very different nuclear properties.
• Remember
• Protons determine the element
• Electrons determine the chemical properties
• Neutrons determine the isotope

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For example, there are three isotopes of
hydrogen, as we learned in January. Two of
these isotopes are stable, (not radioactive), but
tritium (one proton and two neutrons) is
unstable.
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• Most elements have stable isotopes.
• Radioactive isotopes can also be created for many
  elements.

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What are isotopes used for???

• Mostly in medicine
• Archeology to date how old things are
• Smoke detectors
• Irradiation in pest control
• Food irradiation
• Agriculture application radioactive tracers
• http//www.chem.duke.edu/jds/cruise_chem/nuclear/
  uses.html

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• What is gamma radiation?High energy
  electromagnetic radiation that is emitted from an
  atom's nucleus has no mass or electrical charge
  has high penetrating power, and can pass though
  the human body
• What is beta radiations? An electron emitted
  when a neutron becomes a proton, moving at nearly
  the speed of light. Beta particles can penetrate
  paper or several millimeters of skin, and like
  alpha particles, are very dangerous when
  substances emitting them are ingested or inhaled
• What is Alpha radiation? Alpha decay is a type
  of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus
  emits an alpha particle (two protons and two
  neutrons bound together into a particle identical
  to a helium nucleus) and is the most energetic
  but least penetrating form of radiation. It can
  be stopped by a sheet of paper and cannot
  penetrate human skin

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• Using a Geiger Counter to show gamma, beta, alpha
  radiation http//www.youtube.com/watch?vkaS11fW
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• A great song showing more about gamma, beta, and
  alpha radiation http//www.youtube.com/watch?vN
  P9Woxbkr_Mfeaturerelated
• More of the Element Song
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vDYW50F42ss8feature
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