2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 with All Questions and Answers
Purposes of a properly controlled chemistry program - ANSWER >> -
Protect the reactor coolant system pressure boundary integrity
- Protect fuel cladding integrity and fuel performance
- Minimize out-of-core radiation fields
- Minimize corrosion of all secondary plant and auxiliary system
components
Training Chemistry Lesson Topics - ANSWER >> - Chemistry Basics
- Corrosion Control
- Water Quality
- Radiochemistry
- Primary Water Chemistry
- Secondary Water Chemistry
When you have finished the chemistry basics lesson, you will be able to:
- ANSWER >> - Explain atomic structure, chemical bonding, and
chemical reactions
- Explain three factors affecting reaction rates
- Define pH, acids, and bases
- Describe how temperature and pressure affect gases in solutions
- Identify sources of impurities in solutions and problems impurities
may cause
- Explain how the boiling process affects the concentration of impurities
Cations - ANSWER >> Positively charged ions
Anions - ANSWER >> Negatively charged ions
, Valences - ANSWER >> Indicate the number of electrons that an atom
can give up to leave a completed outermost shell or take in to complete
the outermost shell
Generally, atoms only want to take in or give up no more than: -
ANSWER >> four electrons
Elements with the same number of valence electrons - ANSWER >>
share similar chemical properties
Non-metals - ANSWER >> right part of periodic table
Metals - ANSWER >> left part of periodic table
Redox - ANSWER >> Shortened combination of the terms Reduction
and Oxidation
Reduction - ANSWER >> gain of electrons
Oxidation - ANSWER >> loss of electrons
Reducing agent - ANSWER >> electron donor
Oxidizing agent - ANSWER >> The electron acceptor in a redox reaction.
LEO goes GER - ANSWER >> Lose Electrons - Oxidation
Gain Electrons - Reduction
When does corrosion occur? - ANSWER >> any time metal components
are exposed to water
Purpose of properly controlled chemistry program: - ANSWER >> -
protect the reactor coolant system pressure boundary integrity