1.Please explain how medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exploits the magnetic properties of the nucleus. MRI exploits the process known as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In fact the technique used to be called simply NMR or NMR imaging, but the “nuclear” was dropped because of the connotation of radiation hazards from unstable nuclear sources, although there is no logical rationale for such fear. In NMR, a sample of material is placed in a strong magnetic field. The nuclei in the sample…
group 4. This element is a transition metal and the symbol is Ti. The color of titanium is a silver grey and white color. The atomic mass is 47.867 and atomic number is 22. This element however is resistant to chlorine, and sea water. It has 22 electrons, 22 protons, and 26 neutrons. The density is 4.54 The discoverer who found titanium is William Gregor a Mineralogist. The year it was discovered was in 1791. Where it had been found was in Cornwall, Great Britain. Titanium is the 9th element…
"Energy Story", "Hands-On Science with Squishy Circuits" and "Conducting Solutions". All very informative sources about electricity and how its conducted. In Energy Story what the author is explaining the basics of the science behind the amazing process that allows us to have electronic instruments that run on this source of energy. The purpose of the article "Energy Story", is to inform the reader about the scientific force behind this process, and what goes on when we flip a light switch. It…
in a solution of metals. These electrons get heated at the same temperature, however the energy that is needed to excite each electron in the different metals is not the same. This means that the energy levels that change are now unstable and need to cool down, and as soon as they are moved into the heat source through kinetic energy, a photon of light energy is created and this excites all electrons. The flames change colors based on the amount of excited electrons and this makes the colors…
more energy from the accelerating voltage. The accelerated particles may be used to bombard suitable target materials to produce radioisotopes. Modern cyclotrons accelerate negative ions towards the outer edge of the chamber stripping the excess electrons off the ions to form positive particles such as a proton which can then be extracted from the cyclotron as a beam. The energy attained by the particle is determined by the size of the vacuum…
The noble gases are the group of elements which are like no other elements. The noble gases are the elements grouped as the last group, group 18. These elements, from smallest to greatest atomic mass, are Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon. Group 18 wasn't always called the noble gases. this group used to be called the inert gassses. They changed the name of thisi group because they are not always inert, or chemically inactive. the first element in this group is the element…
The images a MRI machine actually present are the water molecules that make up most of our bodies systems and organs. Water molecules consist of oxygen and hydrogen atoms, the core of which is a nucleus, a single proton. The protons have a basic property called nuclear spin as well as an electrical charge which makes them act like little magnets. When the magnetic field makes the spinning protons wiggle, the stronger the magnetic field, the faster the wiggle. Nuclei wiggle at roughly 50 million…
Today we might know an atom being the smallest piece of an element that represent an element, but you might not know the whole story. It all being in 1803, when a curious guy, known as John Dalton, who proposed an “atomic theory” with spherical solid atoms based upon measurable properties of mass. Later on Dalton introduced his belief that atoms of different elements could be universally distinguished based on their varying atomic weights. John Dalton's research not only changed the face of…
subatomic particles: electrons, protons and neutrons. For which the Nucleus contains the Protons and Neutrons, while electrons orbit around the nucleus. The atom is a fundamental piece of matter. Atoms are the building blocks of matter and matter builds up the Universe. A Valence Electron is an electron, which is a subatomic particle of an atom. Valence electrons are located in the outermost shell of the atom, these can be transferred to or shared with another atom. Valence electrons are…
The arrangement of electrons is distributed between four orbital’s; S, P, D and F. Each orbital is a different shape and holds a different number of electrons. Orbital S is a circle and it contains two electrons and orbital P has three different shells. One shell is an infinity sign, the next is a crooked infinity sign and the last is shaped like an upright infinity sign. Each shell can hold two electrons which allow orbital P to hold six electrons, orbital D can hold ten electrons, and orbital…