Analysing Decay Series Diagrams (VCE SSCE Physics): Flashcards
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Earth's heat from radioactive decay (out of 44 TW total)
Earth's heat from radioactive decay (out of 44 TW total)
22 TW
Final stable product of all natural decay series
Final stable product of all natural decay series
Lead (Pb) isotopes
Half-life of U-238
Half-life of U-238
years
Change in atomic number during alpha decay
Change in atomic number during alpha decay
Decreases by 2
Change in mass number during alpha decay
Change in mass number during alpha decay
Decreases by 4
Change in atomic number during beta decay
Change in atomic number during beta decay
Increases by 1
Change in mass number during beta decay
Change in mass number during beta decay
Stays the same (unchanged)
Why gamma rays don't appear on decay chain diagrams
Why gamma rays don't appear on decay chain diagrams
Don't produce different nucleus (same element & isotope)
Vertical axis on decay chain diagram shows
Vertical axis on decay chain diagram shows
Mass number ()
Alpha decay arrows on decay diagrams
Alpha decay arrows on decay diagrams
Red diagonal (upper right to lower left)