There are three naturally occurring stable isotopes of magnesium: 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg, which have relative abundances on Earth of 79%, 10 %, and 11% respectively. Note that the atomic number of magnesium is 12. a) i) A magnesium-24 nucleus can be considered as nucleons uniformly distributed in a spherical volume. Calculate the energy required to construct a uniformly charged sphere, using the following 20² equation: U 1 , where Q is the total charge and R is the radius. 20πε, R ii) Calculate the binding energy (in eV) of magnesium-24, which has an atomic mass of 23.9850 AMU. The mass of a neutron is 1.0087 amu and the mass of a proton is 1.0073 amu. Using your results from parts (i) and (ii) discuss how the nucleus is held together.
There are three naturally occurring stable isotopes of magnesium: 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg, which have relative abundances on Earth of 79%, 10 %, and 11% respectively. Note that the atomic number of magnesium is 12. a) i) A magnesium-24 nucleus can be considered as nucleons uniformly distributed in a spherical volume. Calculate the energy required to construct a uniformly charged sphere, using the following 20² equation: U 1 , where Q is the total charge and R is the radius. 20πε, R ii) Calculate the binding energy (in eV) of magnesium-24, which has an atomic mass of 23.9850 AMU. The mass of a neutron is 1.0087 amu and the mass of a proton is 1.0073 amu. Using your results from parts (i) and (ii) discuss how the nucleus is held together.
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Transcribed Image Text:There are three naturally occurring stable isotopes of magnesium: 24MB, 25MG, and 26MB, which have
relative abundances on Earth of 79%, 10%, and 11% respectively. Note that the atomic number of
magnesium is 12.
a) ) A magnesium-24 nucleus can be considered as nucleons uniformly distributed in a spherical
volume. Calculate the energy required to construct a uniformly charged sphere, using the following
2Q2
20πεο R
equation: U
where Q is the total charge and R is the radius.
ii) Calculate the binding energy (in eV) of magnesium-24, which has an atomic mass of 23.9850 AMU.
The mass of a neutron is 1.0087 amu and the mass of a proton is 1.0073 amu. Using your results
from parts (i) and (ii) discuss how the nucleus is held together.
b) The radioisotope of magnesium with the longest half-life is magnesium-28, with a half-life of 20.9
hrs. Magnesium-28 decays through B- decay into aluminium-28. With reference to fundamental
particles, describe the process which occurs in beta minus decay. Hence determine the equation for
the decay of magnesium-28 into aluminum-28.
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