Nuclear Vocab - Alexis Cordova

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Across
  1. 2. When two small nuclei become one bigger nucleus
  2. 7. Important factor in determining an atoms stability
  3. 8. Number that determines an element
  4. 10. the time needed for a radioisotope to decay half way
  5. 11. An isotope that emits radiation
  6. 12. Particle emitted when a neutron splits into a proton and an electron
  7. 13. Determines what the element is
Down
  1. 1. The emission of ionizing radiation caused by the sudden disintegration of an atom's nucleus
  2. 3. Atoms of the same element with different amounts of neutrons
  3. 4. Number that cant be found on the periodic table, only with math
  4. 5. Reaction that only involves the nucleus of an atom
  5. 6. Radiation with no mass and no charge
  6. 8. Particle emitted when the nucleus of an atom becomes unstable, emitted to restore balance
  7. 9. When a high energy neutron hits the nucleus of a radioisotope and splits the nucleus