Sentences with phrase «iodine atom takes»
While iodate is huge and surrounded by negative oxygen atoms, its central iodine atom takes on a positive character, or becomes a cation.
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The team took a simple molecule — consisting of a benzene ring with a small nitrile arm of carbon and nitrogen and with two iodine atoms attached, one above and one below.
Whereas iodine - 131 has a half - life of 8 days, caesium - 134 has a half - life of 2 years and caesium - 137 is a whopping 30 years — meaning it takes that long for half of the radioactive atoms in each substance to disintegrate.