Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by Amanda on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 6:14pm.

a radioactive fission product of nuclear explosions and sccidents is often iodine 131 which becomes distributed in the atmosphere. this falls upon the ground and is absorbed by plants. explain how this radiation could eventually beome concentrated in the human body and cause growth disorder.

No one has answered this question yet.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

chem - a radioactive fission product of nuclear explosions and sccidents is ...
Math - Please show me how to solve: Doctors can use radioactive iodine to treat ...
physcis - equation of nuclear fission of urnaium 235 forming iodine 131
chem - Iodine-131 is often used in nuclear medicine to obtain images of the ...
Chemistry - A viral contains radioactive iodine -131 with an activity of 2.0 ...
chemistry - Iodine-131 is used to destroy thyroid tissue in the treatment of an ...
Nuclear FIssion - How does nuclear fission create energy? Nuclear energy is ...
Japan's Nuclear Crisis - How does nuclear fission create energy? Nuclear ...
Chemistry - Describe nuclear fission and write a nuclear equation to describe ...
chemistry - Iodine-131 has a half life of eight days. What mass of iodine-131 ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: