PS M20 Vocabulary Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions

a force between electric charges such as protons and electrons

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the force that makes protons and neutrons in the nucleus attract each other and stay together

the process of a nucleus decaying and emitting particles and energy

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electromagnetic wave with no mass or charge that travels at the speed of light

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particle made of two protons and two neutrons that are emitted from a decaying atomic nucleus

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an electron that a neutron emits when it decays into a proton

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the process of changing one element to a different element by the decaying process

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series of repeated fission reactions caused by neutron releases from each reaction

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the net movement of electric charges in a single direction

a radioactive isotope that doctors use to locate molecules in an organism