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Only radioactive isotopes are useful for radiometric dating or medical diagnostic exams. Briefly explain why stable isotopes wou

Mnenie [13.5K]

Answer:

Explanation:

Isotopes are atoms of elements that have the same atomic number but different mass number hence ISOTOPY. Radioactive Isotopes on the other hand are unstable as they either undergo Alpha decay, beta decay or gamma decay compared to stable isotopes.

Radioactive elements decay at varyinf rates as such the rate of radioactive decay is used in the characterization of radioactive element and mostly expressed in terms of the half life of the radioactive elements.

Half life is the time taken for half of the total atoms of an elements to decay into half of its initial sizes. for example, the half life of radium-226 is 1622 years, it implies that if we have 1000000 radium atoms at the beginning, then at the end of 1622years, 500000 would have disintegrated. These phenomenon can never be experienced by stable isotopes as such they can not be used in carbon dating techniques. reason why uranium-238 is mostly and commonly used in the earth crust to estimate the ages of rocks because it has a half life of 4.5 x 10^9 years.

And also, the radioactive isotopes of most common light element are short, they have very short half life (few days or weeks) and they decay rapidly to vanshing point, as such, they are not found in nature to any reasonable extent.

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3 years ago

How is the le chatelier's principle used to ensure the reaction will go to completion?

murzikaleks [220]

Answer:

This done such that when a reaction is in equilibrium and disturb by and external force which would prevent its completion its adjust so as to offset that external force and still go on to completion

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3 years ago

What is the chemical name for the balanced equation? 2Al+3Pb(NO3)2=2Al(NO3)3+3Pb

Zigmanuir [339]

The chemical name for reactant side:

Al - Aluminium, Pb(NO3)2 - Lead(II) nitrate.

The chemical name for product side:

Al(NO3)3 - Aluminium nitrate, Pb - lead.

<u>Explanation</u>:

This is an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction:

3 $Pb^{II}$ + 6 e- → 3 $Pb^{o}$ (reduction)

2 $Al^{o}$ - 6 e- → 2 $Al^{III}$ (oxidation)

Pb(NO3)2 is an oxidizing agent, Al is a reducing agent.

Reactants:

Al uminium

Names: Aluminum, Aluminium powder, Al

Appearance: Silvery-white-to-grey powder, Silvery-white,

malleable, ductile, odorless metal.

Pb(NO3)2 – Lead(II) nitrate

Other names: Lead nitrate, Plumbous nitrate, Lead dinitrate

Appearance: White colorless crystals, White or colorless crystals

Products:

Al(NO3)3 – Aluminium nitrate

Other names: Nitric Aluminum salt, Aluminum nitrate,

Aluminium(III) nitrate

Appearance: White crystals, solid | hygroscopic

Pb - lead

Names: Lead, Lead metal, Plumbum

Appearance: Bluish-white or silvery-grey solid in various forms.

Turns tarnished on exposure to air. A heavy, ductile,

soft, gray solid.

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3 years ago

Compare and Contrast the differences between plant animal cells.

sergij07 [2.7K]

Animal cells do not have a cell wall or chloroplasts but plant cells do. Animal cells are mostly round and irregular in shape while plant cells have fixed, rectangular shapes.

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3 years ago

How is a water wave similar to a pendulum?

Flura [38]

Answer:

side to side?

Explanation:

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2 years ago