PPT-Session 2 – Radioactive decay Pt.2

In this session we will continue our discussion on the topic of radioactive decay Last week we covered Carbon Dating which is the most popular to the public dating method Carbon dating was used to date living things that had died methods we look at now are used for lava flows rocksminerals and are where people get the dates of billions of years from. Radioactivity. Science Park HS -- Honors Chemistry. Early Pioneers in Radioactivity. Roentgen:. Discoverer of X-rays 1895. Becquerel:. Discoverer of Radioactivity 1896. The Curies:. Discoverers of Radium and Polonium 1900-1908. Continuation of Journal Entry #5. Radiometric Dating. A technique used to date materials such as rocks based upon a comparison between the observed abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope and its decay products using known rates of decay.. True. False. Types of radioactive decay. Gamma. Beta (+,-, . e.c. .). Alpha. Neutron emission. Fission. Fusion. http://ie.lbl.gov/education/isotopes.htm. Gamma Decay. Nucleus in excited state gives off energy as a photon. What is Radioactive Decay?. What is Radioactive Dating?. How do Scientists Determine Earth’s Age?. 93.75%. 6.25%. What is Radioactive Dating?. . DE 1:24 . 1. 3.9 billion years. 2. 22, 920 years. It’s a bizarre-o world, . where things are one thing, then they change into another.. . Leave your normalcy in the hall! . W. elcome to crazy. !. Pull out tables N and O now (like now without the “W”). Background Image courtesy of Dr. Bill Moore, Dept. of Radiology, Stony Brook Hospital. http://www.colin-studholme.net/research/ipag/mrdspect/mrspect3.html. http://www.mwit.ac.th/~Physicslab/applet_04/atom2/Alphae.gif. some atoms are unstable. …occasionally emitting particles. from nucleus to become more stable. (radioactivity). this changes the atom. into a different type of . atom (parent element. decays to daughter element). FIGURE 01: Simple Bohr-type model of a lithium atom. Radioactive Isotopes. Unstable isotopes decay to other nuclides. The rate of decay is constant, and not affected by P, T, X…. Parent. nuclide = . 1. THE EARTH THROUGH TIME. TENTH EDITION. H A R O L D L. L E V I N. Chapter 3. Time and . Geology . Finding the age of rocks:. Relative versus Actual Dating . The . science that deals with determining the ages of rocks is called . Section 21.1 Types of Radioactivity. Objectives: Analyze Common Sources of Background Radiation, Compare and Contrast Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation, Apply the concept of Half-Life of a Radioactive Element. 24.1 Nuclear Radiation. 24.2 Radioactive Decay (includes decay rates & radiochemical dating). 24.3 Nuclear Reactions (Transmutation. Part only). 24.4 Applications & Effects of Nuclear Reactions (except for radiation dose and intensity/distance). adioactivity is a part of nature Everyatoms are unstable that is they have toomuch energy When radioactive atoms spon-taneously release their extra energy they areeventually though they do not all dec Commenwealth. of Massachusetts (Radiation Control Program), as specified by 105 CMR 120. . http://www.mass.gov/dph/rcp/radia.htm. . Copies of the license, active amendments, and relevant correspondence are maintained in the office of Clark’s Radiation Safety Officer, Dr. David L. Thurlow, . Where: . A . = Activity after some time t.. A. o. . = Original activity of the sample.. t . = Decay time . λ = the radioactive decay constant equal to . The half-life equation can be also used for activity, simply by replacing the number of atoms .