The answer is: D.unstable nuclei emitting high-energy particles as they formed more stable compositions.
Those high-energy particles are alpha particles
, beta particles
, gamma radiation.
For example, the decay chain of ²³⁸U is called the uranium series.
Decay start with U-238 and ends with Pb-206. There are several alpha and beta minus decays.
Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852 – 1908) was a French physicist and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
Becquerel wrapped fluorescing crystal (uranium salt potassium uranyl sulfate) in a cloth, along with the photographic plate and a copper Maltese cross.
Several days later, he discovered that a image of the cross appeared on the plate.
The uranium salt was emitting radiation.
Because of this discovery, Becquerel won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, which he shared with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie.
Answer:
the nucleus is the center of the atom, made up of protons and neutrons, without the nucleus you'd just have a bunch of electrons floating around; the nucleus is positively charged
protons are the positively charged particles that sit within the nucleus
neutrons are particles of no charge that sit within the nucleus, and because they have no charge, they do not cancel out the positive charge of the protons, making the nucleus positive
electrons are negatively charged particles that float around the nucleus in an area known as the electron cloud, they orbit around the nucleus because they are attracted to the positive charge of the nucleus (caused by the protons), with charges, opposites attract
Explanation:
Answer:
A) Cations
Explanation:
a) Cations have a positive charge and are larger than their neutral counterparts!
b) Anions have a negative charge and are smaller than their neutral counterparts
c) Metals can have either a positive or negative charge making it either a cation or an anion
d) Carbon is an element and it can have a charge anywhere from +4 to -4
A good way to remember that cations are positive is to think that CATions are always PAWSitive! ^-^
Answer:
D. It is converted into kinetic energy.
Explanation:
When a book is dropped from a desk to the floor, the potential energy of the book is converted to kinetic energy as it falls.
- Potential energy of a body is the energy due to the position of the body.
- At a particular height, the potential energy is maximum.
- A body with mass and moving with velocity will have kinetic energy
- As the book drops through the height, to conserve energy, the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
The difference in
hardness between diamond and graphite is that diamond has an ordered
arrangement of atoms within its structure that makes it harder and stronger
than graphite. This is due to the high pressure and high temperature that it
went.
