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Chemistry Basics: Nuclear Chemistry

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Nuclear Chemistry

Radioactivity: Expect the Unexpected

Radioactivity: Expect the unexpected 

Neutrons don't change into protons. Except, sometimes, they do. Radioactivity is the process under which the nucleus can change spontaneously from one element to another. Steve Weatherell suggests that we acknowledge both the usefulness and danger inherent in harvesting radioactivity.

Isotopes