Nuclear Chemistry Webquest

Watch the video on this website

Answer these questions

1. What does Carbon-14 spontaneously emit from its nuclei?

2. Which plate does _______________(<--answer #1) attract to?

3. What are ______________________(<--answer #1)?

4. What are 2 uses of Cobalt-60 spontaneously?

5. What does Cobalt-60 emit from its nuclei?

6. What charge do the _________________(<----answer #5) have?

7. What are ______________________(<--answer #5)?

8. What charge and mass does _______________ (<--answer #5) have?

9. Where does Radon-222 come from?

10. What does Radon-222 spontaneously emit?

11. Which plate does _______________(<--answer #10) attract to?

12. Why are alpha particles deflected less than betas?

Warning DO NOT click the back arrow (it is a flash animation)

Click Fission

1. Where does the "Fission process" take Place? ____________________

click Learn about redundant protection systems

2. What is the primary safety concern in nuclear fission? ________________________

go back, then click the large triangle on the bottom right

3. What is the second coolant called? _________________

4. Where is this routed to?___________________

Click on the triangle on the right

5. What do the control rods absorb?_________________

6. What does pulling the control rods out do?_____________________

Click Compare Uranium to other fuels

7. 1 inch or pellet U= _______ gallons of oil = ________ gallons of gasoline= ________ pounds of coal

Click The Powerplant Icon in the top Right

Go to the turbine and power generator

Click the arrow to the left of electricity

8. What is the steam that turns the turbine is ________________________and _________ ____________.

Click The Powerplant Icon in the top Right

9. Steam that turns the turbine passes over a __________________ and turns back into water.

10. Where does the _________________ (#9) get the water from? _______________________

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