Unit 3: Nuclear Chemistry

0.  Resources

• Notes Packet

• Class presentation

1. Radioactivity; history, discovery and the particles

   1. Describe how radioactivity was discovered and how radioactivity is detected

   2. Describe the properties of the various nuclear emissions.

   3. Classify nuclear reactions based on their equations (alpha, beta, gamma, positron)

   4. Instructional Video: Discovery of radioactivity (donochem) (EP) (6.5 min)

   5. Radioactive Particles Graphic Organizer

2. Writing decay equations

   1. Write out and complete decay equations for natural and artificial transmutations

   2. Instructional video (donochem) (8.5 min) (EP)

3. Natural and artificial transmutation

   1. Describe how artificial transmutation works 

   2. Distinguish between natural and artificial transmutation

   3. Instructional Video (donochem) (9 min) (EP)

4. Half-life

   1. Describe what is meant by half-life

   2. Solve half-life problems (how much time has gone by, how much would you be left with, how much did you start with, determine the length of a half-life)

   3. Instructional Video (donochem) (9 min) (EP)

   4. ½ Life Lab

5. Uses of radioisotopes

   1. Describe different uses for radioisotopes (Co-60, I-131, Tc-99m, Pu-239, U-235, U-238, C-14, Am-241)

   2. Instructional Video (donochem) (7min) (EP)

6. Nuclear Power

   1. describe how artificial transmutation is used to generate power

   2. Describe the difference between fusion and fission

   3. Describe how nuclear power plants work (fuel, control rods, moderator, coolant)

   4. Instructional Video (donochem) (18 min) (EP)