Beneficial! Why Are Some Elements Radioactive
Someday far in the distance future there will be total. Which elements are radioactive and why. Radioactivity Carbon Chemistry En Isotopes Physics Radioactivity Science Glogster Edu 21st Century Multimed Interactive Multimedia Science Chemistry When the atoms of an element have extra neutrons or protons it creates extra energy in the nucleus and causes the atom to become unbalanced or unstable. Why are some elements radioactive . Why are some elements radioactive and some not. Actually all isotopes are radioactive Some are much more radioactive than others. If the nucleus has an excess of internal energy. Carbon-14 is an example of a cosmogenic isotope. The reason they dont fly apart is that th. The unstable nucleus of radioactive atoms emit radiation. There are 118 chemical elements known to humans. The nuclei in which the number of neutrons is more than the number of protons are unstable. The electromagnetic force is very strong and therefore this force is very ...