I’ve been reading about orphan sources. Scary stuff. You’d think someone would be on top of that shit. anyway,
can radiation come from any element that has become unstable?
if I had graphite or a collection of carbon atoms, can they become unstable?And then, if so, if they do not continue to bond, will they become radioactive?
Why do elements become unstable if they can just continue to bond to fill their outer shell?Do some elements prefer to be unstable over bonding?
When radioactive decay causes an element to lose its protons, does that mean creates a totally different element to its original, ie. the daughter nuclide?
Ex. If graphite or a collection of carbon atoms that became unstable enough to decay, losing a proton, does that mean that it’s expressing boron atoms? Or can they only decay into an element of the same chemical group block?
Is it possible to transform any element into another element with radioactive decay or is it impossible to because one cannot control the change to its atomic number?
How does radiation destroy a cell?
Why does being exposed to radiation cause burns and why are they so difficult to heal, even with skin grafts?
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Radioactivity is when an element is contains too many particles to remain stable. The forces that bind these particles together can’t keep them in, and whatever breaks off the element determines the type of radioactive decay.
Not every element is unstable, there are elements that will never decay by themselves.
Radiation destroys a cell by, amongst other things, corrupting DNA. Cells rely on DNA to carry their functions. It can also destroy the cell walls and stop cells from dividing.
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