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What aree radioactive elements ?
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For example, primordial isotopes thorium-232, uranium-238, and uranium-235 can decay to form secondary radionuclides of radium and polonium. Carbon-14 is an example of a cosmogenic isotope. This radioactive element is continually formed in the atmosphere due to cosmic radiation....
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★ Radioactive elements are unstable isotopes that release subatomic particle or energy as they decay.
★ Alpha decay releases two protons and two neutrons.
★ Gamma decay releases high intensity radiation, called gamma rays.
★ These Gamma rays penetrate through thick barriers and are very dangerous.
USES OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS
Radioactive sources are used :-
- To study living organisms
- To diagnose and treat diseases
- To sterilize medical instruments and food
- To produce energy for heat and electric power
- Tracers are common application of radioisotopes.
- To monitor various steps in all types of industrial Processes.
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