A radioactive substance is oxidized. Will there be any change in the nature of it's radioactivity? Give a reason for your answer.

ICSE Class 10 Physics PYQ · 2016 Paper · Section I

4(c)2 Marks · 2016 · Section I · 2016 Paper

A radioactive substance is oxidized. Will there be any change in the nature of it's radioactivity? Give a reason for your answer.

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There is no change in the nature of the radioactivity of the substance on being oxidized. It is so because radioactivity is a nuclear phenomenon so any physical change like oxidation does not affect the nature of radioactivity of the substance.

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