As part of a radiotherapy course a patient is injected with a sodium phosphate solution containing the radioactiveisotope P, which decays via B-emission with a half-life of 14.3 days.(a) Write a balanced equation for the beta-minus decay of phosphorus-32.(b) Calculate the energy released in the decay process of phosphorus-32 in MeV units. Note that the mass of theproducts in this reaction is essentially the mass of the product ion plus the beta particle, i.e., the mass of the neutralatom that has the product ion as its nucleus. The relevant atomic masses are:Phosphorus-32: 31.973908 uProduct atom: 31.972071 u(c) Half of the injected solution is absorbed by a 12 g tumor in the patient's body and a total of 7.5 J of energy isdeposited in the tumor. Calculate the number of radioactive decay events that collectively emit this amount of energyinto the tumor.(d) The radioactive phosphorus is mostly gone from the body after 24 hours due to natural processes. Use this timescaleto calculate the average activity associated with this treatment, in Bq units.(e) What is the dose equivalent (in Sv and rem) that the tumor receives?

Given: The mass of the phosphorus 32 is MP = 31.973908 u The mass of the product atom is MS =…

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