Nuclear Chemistry



Nuclear Chemistry

Nuclear Chemistry

Nuclear chemistry is the branch of chemistry that deals with the reactions and chemical changes involving nuclear or radioactive elements. The nucleus of these radioactive elements undergoes certain changes this is why they are studied under the heading of nuclear chemistry.

Radioactive Elements and Radiations

Henri Becquerel is the first scientist who observed radiations emitting from radioactive element uranium. Then further studies were carried out by Marie Sklodowska Curie. She declared radioactivity as a property of element and revealed the fact that the intensity of radiations being emitted from a radioactive element depends upon the amount of the element ...