Nuclear Chemistry

Radiocarbon Dating method was developed by Willard and Libby to determine the age of wood or animal fossils. This method is based onthe fact that…

Nuclear Reaction Taking Place in Sun (stars) It has been estimated that the sun is giving out energy equally in all possible directions at the…

Uses of Radioactive Isotopes: Radioactive Isotopes are the study of reaction mechanism Mechanism of photosynthesis in plants A small quantity of Radioactive CO2 containing radioactive…

Mechanism of fission: In the fission process, the heavy nucleus absorbs a neutron and forms an unstable compound nucleus. The compound nucleus then breaks up more…

When lighter nuclei moving at a high speed are fused together to form a heavy nucleus, the process is called nuclear fusion. In fusion reaction,…

Nuclear Power Generator: A nuclear reactor or nuclear power generator is a kind of furnace for carrying out the controlled fission of a radioactive material like…

There are two types of Nuclear Reaction Spallation reaction These are the reactions in which high speed projectiles may chip a heavy nucleus into several…

The highly destructive hydrogen bomb is also based on the fusion reactions of hydrogen to form helium producing large amount of energy. Hydrogen bomb consists…

The following facts are taken into account while expressing a nuclear reaction i) Reactions are written like a chemical equation. Reactants are written on the…

During chemical reactions, elements do not lose their identity. During nuclear reactions, the nuclei of atoms undergo change and therefore new elements are formed as…