Answer to Question #191448 in Physics for Alex

Question

1. Define radioactivity.

 

 

2. Define radioisotopes.

 

3. Give 3 uses of radioisotopes in industry.

 

 

4. Give3 uses of radioisotopes in the field of medicine.

Answer 1

1. Radioactivity is the phenomenon of the conversion of an unstable isotope of a chemical element into another isotope by the emission of gamma quanta, elementary particles or nuclear fragments.

2. Active isotopes that emit alpha, beta and gamma particles in the process of transformation (decay), which cause radioactivity.

3. Radioisotope dating, radiation genetics, nuclear energy (radioisotope battery, etc.).

4. Radioisotope therapy, radioisotope diagnostics, treatment of skin diseases.