Nuclear Physics

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  1. 2. Radioactive decay of carbon-14, which is used in radiocarbon ______
  2. 6. Alpha decay of the artificially produced ___________ that is used in smoke detectors
  3. 8. Beta decay of iodine-131, which is used to _______ thyroid cancer
  4. 9. “Positron” emission by fluorine-18, which is used in PET scans to study ______ function
  5. 12. Alpha decay of the most abundant source of natural _________ radiation
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  2. 3. “Fission reaction” of uranium-235 in a nuclear ______
  3. 4. Alpha decay of radium-226, the most abundant _________ of radium
  4. 5. Formation of radioactive carbon-14 in the upper atmosphere by reaction with ________ rays
  5. 7. “Fusion reaction” of hydrogen isotopes, the principal source of ________ production in the sun
  6. 10. “Electron capture” by potassium-40, a ________ source of radiation in the human body
  7. 11. Radioactive decay of thorium-232 used in __________ gas “lantern mantles”