Nuclear Energy

Neutron

________ becomes a proton and an electron (b particle that gets emitted)

Proton

________ becomes a neutron and an anti- electron (positron)

Radium

________- 228 (mass #)

Radiation

________- The emitted particles /energy.

Antoine Henri Becquerel

________- Main person in the discovery of radioactivity in 1896.

Nucleons

________- protons and neutrons (mass of the nucleus)

Transmutation

________- reactions that result in the formation of a new element.

Nuclide

________- atom /element (NOT nucleus)

Radioactivity

________- spontaneous emission of energy or particles by unstable atomic nuclei.

Radioactive decay

________- The change in the nucleus that results to make the isotopes outside of the band of stability, stable.

Alpha

________ has the least amount of energy while gamma has the most amount of energy.

Nuclear Reactions

________- changes in the nucleus.

Nuclear Equations

________- equations that describe nuclear reactions.