Nuclear chemistry: JAMB Chemistry Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Nuclear chemistry

Our summary: Radioactivity, the radiations it gives off, nuclear stability and half-life, and nuclear fission and fusion.

• Radioactivity (Types, properties and detection of radiations.)
• Natural and artificial radioactivity
• Nuclear stability and radioactive decay
• Nuclear reactions (Nuclear fusion and fission.)

Objectives

• distinguish between ordinary chemical reaction and nuclear reaction;
• differentiate between natural and artificial radioactivity;
• compare the properties of the different types of nuclear radiations;
• compute simple calculations on the half-life of a radioactive material;
• balance simple nuclear equation; and
• identify the various applications of radioactivity.

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