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When an element gives out high energy radiations on its own, the change which takes place is:

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Question

When an element gives out high energy radiations on its own, the change which takes place is:

Options

  • physical change

  • chemical change

  • nuclear change

  • none of these

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Solution

Nuclear change

Explanation:

When an element emits high-energy radiations on its own, the changes take place inside the nucleus of the atom. Such a spontaneous change of one nucleus into another is a nuclear change, not a physical or chemical change.

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Chapter 11: Radioactivity - EXERCISE [Page 267]

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan A New Approach to ICSE Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 11 Radioactivity
EXERCISE | Q 2. | Page 267
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