CONCEPT MAP

 

            Key Concepts:                                                                                   Key Vocabulary:

 

Nuclide

Radioactivity

Transmutation

Radioactive decay

Half-life

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
                                                                                                                       

Nuclear particles and equations

 

 

Natural radioactivity and radioactive decay

 

                                                           

Topic: Unit 15

Nuclear Chemistry

 

 
Detection and measurement of radioactivity

 

 

Uses of Radioactivity

 

 

Induced nuclear activity particles and interactions

 

Examples:

ALPHA, Beta, gamma decay

Rate of radioactive decay in half-life

Using radioactivity for medical reasons and fuel

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enduring Understanding (s): Fission and fusion reactions release energy that can be stored. _________________________________________________

 

 

Essential Question (s): Name the 3 types of natural decay.  What characteristics must a radioactive substance used in patients have?  What is the main outcome of a fission reaction?  Fusion reaction?  _______________________________________________________

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