Describe Radioactive Decay Chains?
Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following. The equation that most underlies energy release in nuclear…
A: The equation in option (a) gives the energy of a photon.
Q: Which reaction is a fission reaction?
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Q: A particular radioactive material was weighed exactly 1 year ago, showing a mass of 200 g. If the…
A: Given: Mo=200 gM=23.0 gt=1 year = 365 days
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Q: What is special about neutrons that allows them to cause nuclear fission?
A: The neutrons which cause nuclear fission must be having slow speed. The slow neutrons are those…
Q: If a sample of radioactive isotopes takes 60 minutes to decay from 200 grams to 50 grams, what is…
A: Initial value of radioactive isotopes = 200 gram.It reduces to amount 50 gram.Time taken to decay =…
Q: If 100 grams of a radioactive substance is left to decay, how much would be left after 5 half-lives?…
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Q: A radioactive source consists of 6.4 x 10^11 atoms of a nuclide of a half-life of 2 days. A second…
A: According to question we need to find--- After how many days will the number of radioactive atoms…
Q: 24.) Consider cobalt-60 with a half-life of 5.25 years. How many years will it take for its activity…
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Q: What fraction of a radioactive sample is left after exactly 6 half lives? Give your answer to 3…
A: Number of half life (n) = 6
Q: (Figure 1) shows how the number of nuclei of one particular isotope varies with time. What is the…
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Q: What type of particle is captured and what type is emitted in the nucleosynthesis below?55Fe −−>…
A: The mass number of Fe is 55. The atomic number of Fe is 26. The mass number of Mn is 54. The atomic…
Q: If the parent nucleus in a ß- decay is He, what is the daughter nucleus? chemPad O Help Greek If the…
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Q: If you start out with 20 grams of a radioactive material, and 4 hours later you have 5 grams of that…
A: Given data: Initial amount of material (N0) = 20 g Time (t) = 4 hours Remaining amount of material…
Q: Assume that the decay rate for Carbon 14 is k=0.00012. If charcoal found in an ancient fire pit…
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Q: Oxygen-15 undergoes BETA-Positive decay and emits a positron and a neutrino. a) Write the formula…
A: a) Beta positive decay of oxygen 18 undergoes as O815→N715+e10+ϑwhere e10 is the positron and ϑ is…
Q: How do you figure nuclear equation for decay for 210 Pb 82 giving off beta particles?
A: given: P82210b giving off beta particle
Q: Using the Line of Stability graph, predict the type(s) of decay that each of the following…
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Q: Radioactive α-emitters are relatively harmless outside the body, but can be dangerous if ingested or…
A: Alpha particles can't penetrate the normal layer of dead cells on the outside of our skin, but they…
Q: How do you figure a nuclear equation for 64 Cu 29 for decay as they give off beta particles?
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Q: In considering potential fusion reactions, what is the advantage of the reaction 2H + 3H → 4 He + n…
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Q: Element Z has a half-life of 45 minutes. Which of the following statements is true regarding 4…
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Q: Two common units for measuring radioactivity are the Becquerel and the curie. Why are these names…
A: Radioactivity is the phenomenon when a large nucleus splits into a small nucleus.
Q: A purified sample of Mo-99 contains 370 million Bq. a. What mass does this represent if the…
A: It's a moderate-level question of radioactivity. It's a little bit confusing because 1st question…
Q: Once again, the 3-He formed in the middle reaction has less mass than the 2-H and 1-H that fused to…
A: Here it is just asking to calculate the mass defect of nuclear reaction inn which 3 He is formed…
Q: The nucleus O has a half-life of 122.2 s; 0 has a half-life of 26.9 s. Assume, that at some time a…
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Q: The radioactive Polonium-210 decays to half its original amount every 139 days. If your sample will…
A: Since Polonium-210 decays to half its original amount in a time of 139 days, the half life of this…
Q: C has a half life of 5,730 years. How many 6C atoms would you need in order to measure an average of…
A: Here given the half life of 14C is 5730 year. There is an average decay of 10 decay per sec. We have…
Q: Why is carbon better than lead as a moderator in nuclear reactors?
A: Carbon is an effective stimulator of fission reaction than lead. In case of carbon, it interact with…
Q: Fill the blank the Lead 214 82Pb turn to Bismuth isotop 21483Bi ، When a nucleus radiates (…
A: 214Pb82 is a lead atom, having an atomic mass 214 and atomic number 82. It has 82 protons in its…
Q: Describe the process of finding the energy released in a nuclear reaction?
A: Through the conservation of energy,
Q: One nuclide in each of these pairs is radioactive. Predict which is radioactive and which is stable:…
A: The stability of an atom find by two methods 1st its neutron proton ratio and Weizsacker…
Q: 212, 86 Rn is an odorless gas which decays via alpha decay with a half-life of 24 minutes. a) What's…
A: Decay constant, λ =0.693half life time=0.693t1/2
Q: Which type of radioact O Beta None of the above O Gamma O Alpha
A: Answer The correct option is (c) ie gamma rays .
Q: I-135 is a fission product that decays into Xe-135 in a reactor during operation. Write the Q value…
A: Given: I-135 decaying into Xe-135. Initial count of I-135 atoms = 10,000 Time = 48 hours
Q: , how old is a sample if two-thirds of it is now the daughter isotope? What type of decay is…
A: We know , N=N0e-λt Where, N= remaining part of the sample N0=Initial amount of the sample λ=decay…
Q: Why do you think nuclear fission is described as a chain reaction?
A: An example of neutron attacking a fissionable U-235 particle leading to a nuclear chain reaction
Q: Radioactive potassium-40 has a half-life of 4.2 x 1016 s. a) Calculate the decay constant of…
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Q: Please Explain it briefly. If Th-234 emits a beta particle, what nucleus is formed? a
A: Given that, Th-234 emits a beta particle. We know that β particles have a 1 unit negative charge. We…
Q: What isotope is produced when Np-239 emits a beta particle?
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Q: W19/L9 IB -1 BR (Wg/L18 2.
A: Given: IB=2β19RB2W19L19W18L18-12
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