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Nuclear reactions are so different from anything you’ve learned about chemical reactions because they involve a much higher energy change through the possibility of transforming matter into energy (mass defect effect). How do some aspect of nuclear chemistry is used or how it affects us in everyday life.Have the student include specifics about any isotopes used or involved in your topic discussion as well as including specific of nuclear energy in life or living systems not death, i.e., nothing on bombs.

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Nuclear reactions are much different from the normal chemical reactions because they involve in much higher energy changes through the possibility of converting matter into energy.

The aspects of nuclear chemistry is that this includes research into the production and use of radioactive sources for various processes. These include radiotherapy in medical applications. use of radioactive tracers in industry, science and the environment; use of radiation to modify materials such as polymers.

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