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CHEM 120 Week 6 Assignment Questions With Answers. Chamberlain College of Nursing

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CHEM 120 Week 6 Assignment Questions With Answers. Chamberlain College of Nursing.1. Please provide 4 applications or uses of radioactive isotopes. (2 points). Therapeutic cancer radiation Locating... brain tumors PET scans Studying metabolism changes in various ailments 2. Give 3 examples of natural sources of radiation. Where are they found? Are they harmful? (2 points). Radiation can come from everywhere. One of the largest sources is the sun. Other sources include the soil and the air itself. These sources of radiation can be harmful in larger doses but in small doses they are generally not harmful. 3. List and describe the 4 biological effects of radiation. (2 points). Primarily there are 2 types of ways radiation can harm the body. These are to cause harm to the entirety of the body or to cause genetic damage. So this question can be difficult to answer because “biological effects” is very subjective, I don’t know to which classifications it is referring. 4. Write balanced chemical reactions for the following: (2 points each) a. Cobolt-60 undergoes beta decay 60 29Co +0 1e -> 60 63.5Ni b. Americium-241 undergoes alpha decay 241 95Am + 4 2He -> 237 93 Np c. Copper-60 undergoes positron emission 6029Cu + 0 +1e -> 60 28Ni d. Gallium-66 undergoes electron capture 31Ga + -1e -> 30Zn [Show More]

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