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The correct options are: a. the number of additional neutrons of an isotope is too large; d. the number of additional neutrons of an isotope is too small
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The chemical elements that have the same number of protons in the nucleus but different number of neutrons are known as isotopes. Isotopes can be stable or unstable.
The isotope having an unstable nucleus, due to the presence of additional neutrons in the nucleus of the atom, is known as a radioisotope.
Also, chemical elements that have atomic number greater than 83 have unstable nuclei and thus they are called radioisotopes.
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One of the best-preserved records of these events is in the bottom of the Grand Canyon—in a package of sedimentary strata known as the Tonto Group.
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The reactor generated the first electricity from nuclear energy on December 20, 1951. Enrico Fermi led a group of scientists in initiating the first self- sustaining nuclear chain reaction. The historic event, which occurred on December 2, 1942, in Chicago.
The main factor that shapes the life and eventual death of a star is how much mass it began with. A star that is 2.8 times the mass of our sun will most likely end up as a white dwarf.
When medium size stars are near the end most of the hydrogen core has been changed to helium. The helium core then begins to shrink and as this happens the core heats up. The energy that is released by the core heating up causes the the outer hydrogen shell to expand greatly. As the shell expands it cools and the colour changes to red.
The helium core will continue to heat up until the helium atoms start to fuse to form carbon atoms. When all the helium is fused to carbon it begins to die and gravity causes the last of of the star's matter to collapse inward forming a white dwarf.
