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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following isotopes of hydrogen is radioactive?
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Option 3 : Tritium
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 3,i.e. Tritium.
- Tritium is the radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.
- Hydrogen is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, flammable gasesous substance.
- A single hydrogen atom has one proton and one electron.
- One of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with same atomic number but the different mass number is known as isotopes.
- Three isotopes of hydrogen are found in nature:
- Protium has no neutron.
- Deuterium has 1 neutron.
- Tritium has 2 neutrons.
- Deuterium is used to make heavy water(D2O).
- Heavy water used in nuclear reactors as a neutron moderator.
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