Strontium-90 is produced as a nuclear fission product
Chapter , Problem 66GP(choose chapter or problem)
Strontium-90 is produced as a nuclear fission product of uranium in both reactors and atomic bombs. Look at its location in the Periodic Table to see what other elements it might be similar to chemically, and tell why you think it might be dangerous to ingest. It has too many neutrons to be stable, and it decays with a half-life of about 29 yr. How long will we have to wait for the amount of \({ }_{38}^{90}\mathrm {Sr}\) on the Earth’s surface to reach 1% of its current level, assuming no new material is scattered about? Write down the decay reaction, including the daughter nucleus. The daughter is radioactive: write down its decay.
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_38^90Sr
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