Chemistry Help!

[Naruto]

@twilight and hyebyekadal
The question is this that whether the compoud caesium chloride will be radioactive or not? If i haven't understood wrong then u guyz said tht the caesium will still remain radioactive and so you mean that the compoud will also be radioactive

Well, I thought the answer was No because... Radioactivity is a nuclear process and not a chemical reaction... while bonding with chlorine is a chemical reaction and so the compound caesium chloride will not be radioactive.

But i not sure im right or wrong

[hyebyekadal]

ur rong itll remain radoactive.. read ur notes . or read my comment again. i have to go now.

[sweetsh]

This is not included in IGCSE 2009 syllabus

[astarmathsandphysics]

Chemical and radioactive process are completely independent and radioactive elements remain radioactive even when they are part of a compound

[twilight]

yup .. and that's why they told u the meat was radio active .. caesium would surly b in the form of a compound in the meat
if it radioactivity would b affected by chemical reactions then the meat would not become radioactive as caesium would have gone through a series of chemical reactions in the goat's body

so it's a clue that's given that means radioactive caesium would still remain radioactive even in a compound

[sweetsh]

twilight it is not included =\ Right right?

[Naruto]

OKay i got it!! Thanks a lot everyone for helping me out... You all are great

[twilight]

wut is not included sweetsh? the goat meat part ?
if u mean that then this part is in the question that naruto posted
but i meant reindeer not goat sorry "In Sweden, caesium-137 built up in small plants called lichen. These plants were eaten by reindeers and gave rise to radioactive meat."

[sweetsh]

Sorry guys it seems I misunderstood everything. I apologize im a bit tired and not okay.
Sorry again

[twilight]

its ok sweetsh  ..   i hope u get ok soon .. jst take a rest

[sweetsh]

Thank you. Yes I should

[Naruto]

Q: Uranium-238 is a radio-isotope found in the Earth. It has a proton (atomic) number of 92 and a mass number of 238.

(i) Uranium-238 atoms split up to give a different element. Why do uranium-238 atoms split up?           [2]

Okay i think that the answer is: Because it has unstable nuclie... so is this answer correct for a 2 marks question??

[astarmathsandphysics]

For a 2 mark question you might say also the products have less energy than the Uranium atom had to start with.

[twilight]

yeah .. and in order to reach to a more stable state

[Naruto]

@ astar
Sorry, but i dint understood your answer If u dont mind can u plzz explain it.