nuclear chemistry
Radioactive element science
Nuclear chemistry is the branch of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes, and the properties of atomic nuclei.
It encompasses reactions that change the composition of nuclei—fusion, fission, and radioactive decay—rather than the electron interactions of ordinary chemistry.
Applications include nuclear power, medical imaging, carbon dating, and weapons development.
- radiochemistryScience of unstable isotopes
- nucleonicsApplied atomic particle science
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- isotopesAtomic number twins
transmutation · radiolysis · carbon dating · heavy water · actinides · half-life · radiopharmaceuticals · fusion · gamma rays · ionizing radiation · alpha particles · isomers · Geiger counter · Chernobyl · beta decay · Manhattan Project · atomic bomb · Marie Curie
nuclear chemistrychemical reactions
Processes changing substance composition
chemical bonding · electrochemistry · thermochemistry · photochemistry · analytical chemistry
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