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Deuterium, that is hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in the nucleus, exists as a small proportion of all natural hydrogen, so in the oceans there is a huge amount of it as a potential fuel. Many isotopes that are produced artificially in nuclear recators are useful in medicine and industry. For example in medicine isotopes can be used to trace the passage of food through the human system (the Barium meal), and can also be used in radiotherapy to deliver a prescribed dose of radiation to a particular organ for cancer treatment. Isotopes with half lives of a suitable amount can be left in the body if required as they become inactive after a while. In industry powerful gamma isotopes are often used in such practices as examining thick plates and welds for defects.

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Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are important in nuclear reactors; the first is fissionable with thermal neutrons, the second is fertile and fissionable with rapid neutrons. Uranium 235 is used also in atomic bombs.

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Deauterium and tritium are used in the nuclear industry (mainly for fusion reactions) and can act as radioactive tracers. Tritium is also used in self-powered lighting.

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What is the word formula for DO2?

It would be deuterium (deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen) dioxide, though no such compound exists. However, D2O, often called deuterium oxide or heavy water, does exist.


Why do elements which exists as isotopes have fractional atomic mass?

Each isotope of an element has a different Atomic Mass, so an average is taken of all the isotopes, but the average is weighted because the natural abundance (%) of each isotope is factored in. If hydrogen-1 is much more abundant than deuterium and tritium, then the weighted average will be closer to 1 than 2 or 3 but not a whole number. The following equation shows how percent abundance factors into the weighted average. (atomic mass A)(X% abundance) + (atomic mass B)(Y% abundance)...=(weighted average of all isotopes of the element)(100% abundance)


How can an atom have no charge?

Any proton that is floating around will attract an electron and then it will 'be' hydrogen. To make deuterium (one neutron) you need to slam two hydrogens together hard enough to make them stick (think about pushing the two N ends of magnets together if they had glue on them - if you pushed to lightly they would repel each other and never stick. But if you pushed them hard enough you would get the glue to stick - this is kind of like the nuclear force (glue) and electrostatic force (repulsion)). So basically it is much easier to make Hydrogen than Deuterium - everything pretty much starts out as hydrogen and is then smashed together in suns/super novae etc to make all the other elements. Part of why there is so little Deuterium compared to, say, carbon is that it is easier to combine a deuterium and hydrogen atom to make Helium3 than it is to smash the two protons(H) together to make deuterium in the first place. (Like a bath tub that is being filled more slowly than it is being emptied - there is always a little water (Deuterium) but there will never be very much). On the other hand the processes that make carbon are easier than the processes that use it - so the carbon 'bathtub' fills up and we get a large amount of carbon hanging around the universe.The arrangement of a proton with an orbiting electron is energetically stable without a Neutron.


What isotopes exist for the element Nitrogen?

Nitrogen isotope of nitrogen are used as tracers in agricultural studies (efficiency of fertilizers), leaks detection in nuclear reactors, etc.


What is isotopes hydrogen 1?

there are many isotopes of hydrogen. they are:-hydrogen -1 protium. hydrogeen - 2 deuterium.hydrogen - 3 tritium. hydrogen - 4 hydrogen - 5 hydrogen - 6 hydrogen - 7

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What is the word formula for DO2?

It would be deuterium (deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen) dioxide, though no such compound exists. However, D2O, often called deuterium oxide or heavy water, does exist.


Does Hydrogen atom have neutrons Does it have isotopes It used to have 3 isotopes but now recent chemistry Syllabus says it doesn't have neutrons?

There are three naturally occurring isotopes of hydrogen. The most common isotope, hydrogen-1, has no neutrons. It accounts for 99.99% of all hydrogen. Hydrogen-2 has a single neutron and accounts for most of the remaining .01%. Hydrogen-3 with two neutrons only exists in trace amounts.


Hydrogen isotope with no neutrons?

No such exists. Good Q'n.


How many neutrons are in the nucleus of an atom hydrogen?

With no electrons, as a bare nucleus, it exists as the H+ ion. Hydrogen can have any number of neutrons and still be hydrogen. H-1 (0 neutrons) is the most abundant isotope in nature. H-2(1 neutron) has the special name of deuterium and is stable and found in nature.


Why do elements which exists as isotopes have fractional atomic mass?

Each isotope of an element has a different Atomic Mass, so an average is taken of all the isotopes, but the average is weighted because the natural abundance (%) of each isotope is factored in. If hydrogen-1 is much more abundant than deuterium and tritium, then the weighted average will be closer to 1 than 2 or 3 but not a whole number. The following equation shows how percent abundance factors into the weighted average. (atomic mass A)(X% abundance) + (atomic mass B)(Y% abundance)...=(weighted average of all isotopes of the element)(100% abundance)


What is the chemical symbol for Ar4s23d104p6?

Well, if it actually exists you already wrote it (except your capitalization is wrong): Ar4S23D104P6 Interesting deuterium (heavy hydrogen). Why deuterium, isn't ordinary hydrogen OK? I suspect this molecule is not possible but you will need an expert in chemistry for that.


There are three known forms of hydrogen These forms are called?

Hydrogen exists in three isotopic forms: 1. Hydrogen 2. Deuterium 3. Tritium Hydrogen atom contains one proton, one electron and no neutron. Deuterium atom contains one proton, one electron and one neutron. Tritium atom contains one proton, one electron and two neutrons.


How do you make hydrogen heavier?

You cant. It is an element and thus making it heavier would mean it is no longer hydrogen. However, heavy hydrogen exists and is called deuterium and is made in nuclear reactors.


What radioactive isotope has 68 protons and 31 neutrons?

Element #68 is Erbium. The number of the isotope, of course, is the sum of the protons + neutrons. Checking the Wikipedia article "Isotopes of erbium", it looks as if this isotope doesn't actually exists.


How can an atom have no charge?

Any proton that is floating around will attract an electron and then it will 'be' hydrogen. To make deuterium (one neutron) you need to slam two hydrogens together hard enough to make them stick (think about pushing the two N ends of magnets together if they had glue on them - if you pushed to lightly they would repel each other and never stick. But if you pushed them hard enough you would get the glue to stick - this is kind of like the nuclear force (glue) and electrostatic force (repulsion)). So basically it is much easier to make Hydrogen than Deuterium - everything pretty much starts out as hydrogen and is then smashed together in suns/super novae etc to make all the other elements. Part of why there is so little Deuterium compared to, say, carbon is that it is easier to combine a deuterium and hydrogen atom to make Helium3 than it is to smash the two protons(H) together to make deuterium in the first place. (Like a bath tub that is being filled more slowly than it is being emptied - there is always a little water (Deuterium) but there will never be very much). On the other hand the processes that make carbon are easier than the processes that use it - so the carbon 'bathtub' fills up and we get a large amount of carbon hanging around the universe.The arrangement of a proton with an orbiting electron is energetically stable without a Neutron.


What is the name of a object that is more massive than a planet but not quite massive enough for nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium to take place in its core?

That probably refers to a brown dwarf. That's an object that is massive enough to fuse deuterium, but not regular hydrogen. Please note that only a relatively small fraction of hydrogen exists in the form of deuterium.


An atom of an element is electrically neutral becaue the?

carbon exists as 3 naturally isotopes c12 c13 c14 as he number of neutrons increase in the isotope the nuclear charge