Chapter 15, Problem 74QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The types of radiation that would be emitted during the first second of ingestion of polonium- $214$ is to be written.

Concept Introduction:

Polonium- $214$ is the radioactive isotope of polonium having a very short half-life. The half-life of polonium- $214$ is $1.6\times {10}^{-4}\text{s}$ . It is very much unstable and disintegrates to other nuclei by the radiation of alpha particle within a fraction of a second.