8.01- Half-life and radioactive decay Shelby Wolf Uranium 1) Where is this substance most likely found and how abundant is it? It is found within the Earth’s crust‚ also found in rock‚ soil‚ rivers‚ and oceans. It is believed to be available for at least the next 85 years‚ U-238: 99.27 U-235: .72 U-234: 0.0055 2) What type of decay does this substance undergo and how harmful can it be to those exposed? The U-235 undergoes nuclear fission
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A nuclear weapon is commonly defined as a device‚ which uses a nuclear reaction for destructive means. There are six different types of nuclear bombs. The two main types of nuclear weapons: atom bombs and hydrogen bombs. The hydrogen bomb is the most powerful‚ destructive bomb of all. In this essay I’m going to give a brief history of the hydrogen bomb‚ the chemistry behind the bomb‚ and how much destruction the hydrogen bomb can do. After the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb success during the cold war
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How has the study of chemistry affected the lives of ordinary people? Every single day‚ without even realising it‚ we use so many things that are brought to us by the discoveries and advances in chemistry. Many of these things we take for granted‚ and don’t even bother to question how it got there‚ why it is there‚ and how it works. Chemistry makes up everything in our lives‚ from the air that we breathe‚ to the plastic on the keyboard I’m typing on now‚ and a in depth study of some of the wonderful
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Alexa Gombert English-Kiernan 10/28/12 Period 1 On August 6‚ 1945‚ America was responsible for the death of over 100‚000 innocent souls. On this day‚ an American aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima‚ Japan. This was the first atomic bomb ever used in the history of warfare. In the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey‚ first hand six survivors of this horrific event describe accounts of the bombing and its effects in vivid detail. The atomic bomb affected civilians
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In his article‚ “Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power”‚ Monbiot (2012) he uses inductive form approach on his fist key argument to support his main claim which stated that there is no ideal solution in the energy technologies but the impacts created by nuclear is smaller than other solutions. He supported his key argument with two observations. First observation is Fukushima nuclear disaster shows that there were no fatal cases caused by exposure to radioactive rays although
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6 august‚ 1945 America had attacked Hiroshima‚ Japan with nuclear bomb named little boy. Nuclear bomb has taken around 10000 lives in the provenience of explosion. Three days later again an attack had occurred with the same type of the bomb named fat man in Nagasaki. The intensity of the bomb was 12500 TNT and it had caused around 4000 degree Celsius. It was enough to vaporize the flesh and bones of humans. It was a nightmare for the people of Japan. The name “hypocenter” is a new term to learn
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Every time I hear a word "War" as a child‚ I still have to hear a word "Nuclear Weapons". From that time‚ I didn’t know what they are. But when I grow up‚ I learned that Nuclear Weapons are the device that can destroy many people or one small country. So I believe that They are the killing device. From these reasons First‚ Nuclear Weapons have strong mass destruction. For example‚ The United States sent "Little boy"‚ a uranium gun-type fission bomb to Hiroshima‚ Japan. 3 days Later‚ The United States
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In 1951 Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and in 1953‚ executed on the count of conspiracy to commit espionage. Julius Rosenberg was born in New York to Polish immigrant parents. In 1940 he joined and became the leader of the Young Communist League‚ where he met Ethel Rosenberg. Julius and Ethel became full members in the American Communist Party but by 1943‚ the couple dropped out of the Communist Party‚ supposedly to pursue Julius’ espionage activities. Early in 1945‚ Julius was
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Throughout many scientific advances in the centuries of science‚ most citizens often forget the contributors of these discoveries and advancements in modern-day technology. One of the many contributors that are responsible for changing our world through science is James Chadwick. James Chadwick was born on October 20th‚ 1891 and started his journey in the science world in 1908‚ Experiments done in Europe by Frederic and Irene Joliot Curie had caught his attention‚ leading him toward the study of
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Many methods of power production are used throughout the power industry. One form of power production is nuclear power. The construction of a nuclear power plant would provide jobs in the Port Augusta community‚ this method of power production is also a reliable source of energy. However‚ there are disadvantages of having a nuclear power plant such as the environmental impacts it may cause and the threat of a nuclear accident. This essay will depict if a nuclear power plant should or should not be
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