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Chapter 21: Nuclear Chemistry
Radiocarbon
Dating
Radiocarbon dating can determine the age of different materials.
Visit this site and explain how we know the age of something
after dating it with radiocarbon.
Nuclear
Medicine and Positron Emmission Tomography
A division of an Australian hospital shows how radioactive
tracers are used in medicine. Visit this site and explain
how radioactivity has led to advances in modern medicine.
Smoke Detectors and Americium
This site explains how smoke detectors use radioactive elements. Visit this site and explain why it is essential to have radioactive elements in certain smoke detectors.
