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Nuclear chemistry - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Astrochemistry, Biochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Electrochemistry, Geochemistry

Nuclear chemistry is a subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. It may be divided into the following categories:

  • Radiochemistry deals with the use of radioactivity to study ordinary chemical reactions
  • The application of techniques from chemistry to study nuclear reactions such as fission and fusion — see also nuclear physics.
  • Isotopic chemistry deals with the effect of nuclear mass on chemical reactions and the properties of compounds
  • NMR/Spectroscopic Chemistry , or nuclear magnetic resonance, uses the spinning of an atom when energy is absorbed by it to identify the atom.

See also Important publications in nuclear chemistry

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Periodic table | List of compounds


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