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Q: The half-life of a particular element is 330 days. What is its decay constant?

A: The relationship between Half life t1/2 and decay constant λ is  t1/2=ln2λ=0.693λ where ln2 is…

Q: Write appropiate symbols for tin-117 nucleus using the ZAX symbolism.

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Q: Calculate the nuclear radius of cobalt-27.

A: Nuclear density is almost similar for all elements. Thus the number of protons and neutrons inside a…

Q: Measurements of the radioactivity of a certain isotope tell you that the decay rate decreases from…

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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: Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to damage the DNA of cancer cells, which kills them or…

A: As already stated in the question, Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to damage the…

Q: Use the isotope table (either linked here or previously printed out) to determine the mass defect of…

A: Given:-  Neon -20 atomic no. of neon (Z) = 10 Δm = mass defect [atomic mass unit (amu)] mp = mass of…

Q: the half life of a radon is 3.8 days. calculate the number of disintegrations per second of 2.5g of…

A: The half-life of radon is, t12=3.8 days=3.8×24×3600 s=328320 s The decay constant of the radon can…

Q: Write the complete nuclear symbol (with neutron number) for each. (Enter your answer in the form…

A: Isotopes of an element have same atomic number but different mass number. Different isotopes of an…

Q: Q2:-Two samples of the same radioactive nuclide are prepared, each having the same size. Sample A…

A: SOlution: Given that the raltion between half lide and sample decay is T1/2 = ln2/λ the relation…

Q: Cs-137 has a half-life of 30 years. Approximately how much time is required for the radiation of…

A: Given Data : The half-life of Cs-137 is given as t12=30 years

Q: The figure below shows a graph of the natural logarithm of the activity of a radioactive element…

A: We find the T12 and A0 using equation of graph.

Q: My third question is below . Now in velocity selector region, determine the magnitude and the…

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Q: The atomic weight of 3484Kr is 83.9115. Solve the following: (a) the mass defect, (b) the binding…

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Q: The following explanation of a fission reactor contains many errors. Please correct as many as you…

A: Step 1: Para 1 line 1: "harnessing" read "exploiting" Para 1 line 3: "fusing" read "fission" Para 1…

Q: Which nuclide(s) would you predict to be stable? Why?(a) ²⁰₈O(b) ⁵⁹₂₇Co(c) ⁹₃Li

A: To determine in which the nuclide would you predict to be stable (a) ²⁰₈O (b) ⁵⁹₂₇Co (c) ⁹₃Li

Q: A scientist analyses a radioactive sample and measure that its radioactivity level is 470,000 Bq.…

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Q: 4) Based on your estimate of the half-life of BCTCesium, suppose a BCT student is cleaning up a lab…

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Q: Find the nuclear radii of the following nuclides. (Enter your answers to at least three significant…

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Q: The half-life of a particular element is 330 days. What is its decay constant?

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Q: As a staff scientist at a nuclear power plant, it is your job to understand radioactive substances…

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Q: Please do it quickly. What isotope is produced when U-239 emits a beta particle?

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Q: a) Identify the unknown daughter nucleus (?) in the following reaction: 235U+→ 131+ (?) + 3 (n) 53…

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Q: A 400. N crate is suspended from two ropes that each makes an angle 8 of 38° with the horizontal.…

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Q: Which of the following statements are true (or at least aren't obviously false)? Choose all that…

A: Ne has atomc number = 10Mass number = 18 hence the neutron number = 8Hence the statement  is…

Q: Tritium has a half-life of 12.5 y against beta decay. Determine fraction of a sample which will…

A: (1) We have given Th=12.5 years Here Th= half life We know that NNo=12tTh NNo=122512.5=122=14 N=No/4…

Q: State one reason why methods other than alpha particle scattering are used to determine nuclear…

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Q: Describe the Nuclear mass and Nuclear energy correlation.

A: The Nuclear mass and nuclear energy correlation is used to calculate the mass-energy balance and…

Q: The mass difference between two isotopes is sometimes just a neutron mass. The spectrometer should…

A: Consider two isotopes of the lead (82) are Pb204 and Pb205. Here, Pb205 > Pb204 Let the mass of…

Q: Consider the 1² N nucleus. Find approximate values for its (a) radius, (b) volume, and (c) density.…

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Q: Calculate the half-life and average life

A: Radioactive decay Law The rate of decay of the radioactive nucleus dNdt is directly proportional to…

Q: Calculate the activity and write your solution in a separate sheet of paper. Calculate the activity…

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Q: Calculate the average binding energy per nucleon of the phosphours-31 nucleus, P. 15

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A: The half-life of the isotope is given in hours and minutes. We need to convert this into seconds for…

Q: After long effort, in 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie succeeded in separating from uranium ore the first…

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Q: 18. 2. The half-life of a radioactive sample is 30 minutes. If the sample originally contains 4x10°…

A: The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the amount of time it takes for one-half of the…

Q: Write a balanced nuclear equation for the following: The nuclide protactinium-234 undergoes beta…

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Q: When a plant or animal dies, its 14C content decreases with a half-life of t¹/2 = 5730 years. If an…

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Half Life

The concept of Half Life has numerous practical applications some of them includes figuring out the effective drug dosage to finding out when a radioactive becomes safe to use. If you look for a career in Nuclear Physics you will need this concept.