Nuclear chemistry
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Nuclear chemistry is a subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. It may be divided into the following four 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 (see isotope effect).
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy uses the net spin of nuclei in a substances upon energy absorption, and is used to identify molecules.
- The chemistry associated with any part of the nuclear fuel cycle, eg advanced reprocessing.
See also Important publications in nuclear chemistry
