CHM1020L Online Manual

	Experiment 4 Half-Lives and Radioactive Waste Disposal Overview \| Module \| Background \| Procedure \| Report Overview
CHEMISTRY HOME BLACKBOARD LOGIN LAB MANUAL HOME SYLLABUS EXPERIMENTS Exp 1 Exp 2 Exp 3 Exp 4 Exp 5 Exp 6 Exp 7 Exp 8 Exp 9 Exp 10 Exp 11 Exp 12 Exp 13 Exp 14 Exp 15 Exp 16 Exp 17 Exp 18 Exp 19 Exp 20 APPENDICES Safety Rules Glassware & Techniques Keeping a Lab Notebook Waste Disposal	Ever since Hiroshima, reference to anything nuclear has been met with trepidation or outright fear. Nuclear radioactivity, though not well understood by the general population, is always perceived as a threat. In this lab, we will look at how radioactivity is measured by use of halfe-lives and discuss how to determine when that radiactivity is actually dangerous. Radioactivity is currently being used in medicine, in science and in the production of electricity, so its uses obviously often outweigh its dangers. Radioactive waste is one of the most dangerous aspects of the use of nuclear materials. In this lab, we will also investigate one of the processes used to recycle this dangerous waste material. In doing this we will also learn about one of the most common chemistry techniques: Liquid-Liquid Extraction.
	Overview \| Module \| Background \| Procedure \| Report