Nuclear Equations

• The number of neutrons generally increases more rapidly than the number of protons
• Nuclear equations


  Equations that describe the behavior of atomic nuclei
• As we move through the periodic table, the size of the atoms of an element get larger and heavier due to the increase in number of protons
• The average rate of nuclear equations
• When a nucleus is unstable, it is radioactive
• Increased neutrons to protons ratio

  Makes nuclei become unstable
• In order to become more stable, the atom releases alpha particles which helps to stabilise the atom and make it smaller
• The isotopes that decay are called radio isotopes
• Alpha decay


  A type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle