Basic Nuclear Chemistry
Line vs. Continuous Spectra
Continuous Spectrum all colors (wavelengths) are present prism separates different wavelengths white light photographic plate
Line Spectrum
7.3 Important Information: Line location Line intensity
Nuclear Atom electron (e - ) x g charge = -1 proton(p + ) x g charge = +1 neutron (n o ) x g no charge
A 19 X F Z 9 Isotopic Symbol element symbol atomic number Z = # protons mass number A = Z + #neutrons
Isotopes C C C These are isotopes of carbon (same Z, different A). Only 14 C is radioactive (unstable).
The Stable Isotopes
Nuclear Reactions Fusion - joining of 2 or more nuclei Fission - splitting of a nucleus radioactive decay - emission of particles and/or radiation from the nucleus
1p1p 1 1H1H 1 or proton 1n1n 0 neutron 0e0e 00 or electron (beta-) 0e0e +1 00 or positron (beta+) 4 He 2 44 2 or particle Particles Involved in Nuclear Rxns …and (gamma) radiation (not a particle)
n/p too large n/p too small beta decay positron emission electron capture
Geiger Counter
Radioactive Decay and Shielding (Problem #6)
Balancing Nuclear Equations 1.Conserve mass number (A) 1n1n 0 U Cs Rb n1n = x1 2.Conserve atomic number (Z) 1n1n 0 U Cs Rb n1n = x0
Problem #7: 212 Po decays by alpha emission. Write the balanced nuclear equation for the decay of 212 Po. 4 He 2 = 212 = 4 + A; A = = 2 + Z; Z = Po 4 He Pb Po 4 He + A X 84 2Z
Radioisotopes in Medicine 1/3 of all hospital patients undergo nuclear medicine procedures. Brain images with 123 I-labeled compound
24 Na, t 1/2 = 14.8 hr, emitter, blood-flow tracer 131 I, t 1/2 = 8 hr, emitter, thyroid gland activity 123 I, t 1/2 = 13.3 hr, ray emitter, brain imaging 18 F, t 1/2 = 1.8 hr, emitter, positron emission tomography 99m Tc, t 1/2 = 6 hr, ray emitter, imaging agent Half Lives of Medical Isotopes t 1/2 = time for half the nuclide to decay These nuclides are chosen because they have short half lives. Why?