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| the study of reactions involving the nucleus |
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| discovered radio activity |
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| made contributions to the study of nuclear chemistry by discovering polonium and radium |
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| atoms that show no tendency to break up or suddenly change into other elements |
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| having a tendency to spontaneously shed subatomic particles or otherwise break apart |
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| having a tendency to spontaneously shed subatomic particles or otherwise break apart |
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| phenomenon of energy release from certain elements and isotopes |
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| tendency to undergo nuclear decay and thereby emit nuclear reaction |
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| any isotope of any element |
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| holds the nucleus together |
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| conversion of one type of nucleus into another in a spontaneous nuclear reaction |
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| the mass of every atom is measurably less than the total mass of its individual particles |
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| the amount of energy necessary to break up a nucleus into component nucleons |
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| the kinetic energy gained by an electron when it is accelerated through 1 volt of electrical potential |
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| the higher the binding energy per nucleon, the more strongly the nucleus is held together |
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| occurs when an unstable atom ejects a clump of two protons and two electrons |
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| occurs when a neutron in an atom's nucleus changes into a proton and emits an electron in the process |
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| consists of electromagnetic waves of very high frequency and energy; used for cancer |
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| the length of time it takes for 1/2 of the original substance to decay into the new substance |
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