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Post by Tomath on Oct 2, 2005 13:26:14 GMT
I'm not sure. I think that it changes the insides of the atoms somehow.
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Post by bubble on Oct 2, 2005 14:49:40 GMT
alright, so it must be really complicated, if even you don't know much abut it.
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Post by Tomath on Oct 2, 2005 18:04:17 GMT
Believe me, there is a LOT that I don't know about science.
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Post by midgetmogget on Oct 3, 2005 12:39:49 GMT
Although elements are made up of one type of atom, all atoms are made up of various amounts of protons and neutrons. The number of protons determines the element. If a proton [or an alpha particle, 2protons and 2neutrons] is fired onto an atom and it is absorbed, it has formed a different - and perhaps new - element. This sort of element does not hang around for long, though.
Radioactive decay is when atoms become smaller, and different elements in some cases, by chucking out alpha particals or converting a proton to a neutron, forming an electron in the process and chucking that out.
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Post by Tomath on Oct 3, 2005 16:22:58 GMT
Oh, so that's how it works.
The substances you get are unstable and that's why they don't last long.
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Post by StephiB on Oct 5, 2005 4:54:31 GMT
All I know is that elements lighter then iron are made in the core of a giant star and get sent through space when the star explodes. That's my understanding of it anyway.
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Post by bubble on Oct 7, 2005 19:03:57 GMT
I don't know too much. We were only given our first periodic table last year, and he had to spend a whole lesson explaining it.
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Post by midgetmogget on Oct 11, 2005 9:53:10 GMT
Oooch.
50 posts! Yay!
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Post by bubble on Oct 29, 2005 21:04:50 GMT
well done. You're now a personal assistant
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Post by StephiB on Oct 29, 2005 21:31:28 GMT
74 posts. What can I say about it.
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Post by bubble on Oct 29, 2005 21:35:45 GMT
It's one higher than 73.
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Post by StephiB on Oct 29, 2005 21:39:47 GMT
So it is. Well, I'm glad I know that.
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Post by Tomath on Oct 30, 2005 0:31:36 GMT
It's the atomic number of Tungsten.
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Post by StephiB on Oct 30, 2005 0:33:33 GMT
Thank you. But now I'm up to 84.
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Post by Tomath on Oct 30, 2005 0:34:08 GMT
The atomic number of polonium.
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