Helton - Nuclear Chem Vocabulary

Emitted from nucleus during beta or alpha decay. Has no mass and no charge

• Beta Particle

• Alpha Particle

• Gamma Rays

• Transmutation

Changing one element to another through nuclear decay

• Alpha Decay

• Beta Decay

• Nuclear Decay

• Transmutation

Made of two protons and two neutrons

• Beta Particle

• Alpha Particle

• Alpha Ray

• Fission particle

A chain reaction is a process in which the reaction components undergo indefinite reactions until an endpoint is reached.

• Beta Decay

• Transmutation

• Half-Life

• Chain Reaction

Nuclear Fusion

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The splitting of a nucleus into smaller parts

• Transmutation

• Nuclear Fusion

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Half-Life

Radioactive Decay - Choose the best response

• The process in which a radioactive atom spontaneously gives off radiation in the form of energy or particles to reach a more stable state.

• The process of a nucleus producing energy to change a neutron to a proton.

• The process of a nucleus attracting electrons from weak force atoms to create a more stable nucleus.

• The time on average that it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay.

Half-Life

• When a nucleus emits particles to create more stable nucleus

• The time on average that it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay.

• A force that causes protons and neutrons to be attracted to each other

• The process of nuclear decay

an electron or positron that is thrown out from the nucleus of an atom during radioactive decay

• Alpha particle

• Beta particle

• Gamma Rays

• Radioactivity

a positively charged particle that is identical with the nucleus of a helium atom, consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons, and is thrown at high speed from a radioactive atomic nucleus

• Beta particle

• Alpha Particle

• Gamma Rays

• Transmutation