CHEMISTRY:ATOMS FIRST-2 YEAR CONNECT
CHEMISTRY:ATOMS FIRST-2 YEAR CONNECT
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ISBN: 9781260592320
Author: Burdge
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.22QP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: From the data’s of the radioactive decay of a substance, first order decay constant and half-life of the reaction should be calculated

Concept Introduction:

  • Unstable nuclei emit radiation spontaneously to become stable nuclei by losing energy. This process of emission of radiation by unstable nuclei is known as radioactive decay.
  • These emitted radiations may be alpha radiations(α), beta radiations(β) or gamma radiations(γ)
  • These unstable nuclei are the nuclei with more than 83 protons and which do not lie within the belt of stability.
  • Radioactive decay is in the first order kinetics. Rate of radioactive decay at a time t is,

Rate of decay at a time 't' = k Nk-Firstorderrateconstant and its unit is t1N-numberofradioactivenucleipresentattime't

Suppose the number of radioactive nuclei at time zero is N0 and at a time t is Nt,

lnNt N0=-kt

  • Half-life of radioactive decay is the time required for a radioactive sample to decay to one half of the atomic nucleus.

Half-life of the radiation,  t1/2=0.693k

Half-life and rate constant for radioactive isotopes vary greatly from nucleus to nucleus.

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Chapter 20 Solutions

CHEMISTRY:ATOMS FIRST-2 YEAR CONNECT

Ch. 20.2 - Prob. 20.2.1SRCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.2.2SRCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.2.3SRCh. 20.2 - Prob. 20.2.4SRCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.3WECh. 20.3 - Prob. 3PPACh. 20.3 - Prob. 3PPBCh. 20.3 - Prob. 3PPCCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.4WECh. 20.3 - Prob. 4PPACh. 20.3 - Prob. 4PPBCh. 20.3 - Prob. 4PPCCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.3.1SRCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.3.2SRCh. 20.3 - Prob. 20.3.3SRCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.5WECh. 20.4 - Prob. 5PPACh. 20.4 - Prob. 5PPBCh. 20.4 - Prob. 5PPCCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.4.1SRCh. 20.4 - Prob. 20.4.2SRCh. 20 - Prob. 20.1QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.2QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.3QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.4QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.5QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.6QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.7QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.8QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.9QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.10QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.11QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.12QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.13QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.14QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.15QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.16QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.17QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.18QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.19QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.20QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.21QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.22QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.23QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.24QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.25QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.26QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.27QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.28QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.29QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.30QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.31QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.32QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.33QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.34QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.35QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.36QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.37QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.38QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.39QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.1VCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.2VCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.3VCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.4VCCh. 20 - Prob. 20.40QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.41QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.42QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.43QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.44QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.45QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.46QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.47QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.48QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.49QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.50QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.51QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.52QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.53QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.54QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.55QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.56QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.57QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.58QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.59QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.60QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.61QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.62QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.63QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.64QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.65QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.66QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.67QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.68QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.69QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.70QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.71QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.72QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.73QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.74QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.75QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.76QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.77QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.78QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.79QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.80QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.81QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.82QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.83QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.84QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.85QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.86QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.87QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.88QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.89QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.90QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.91QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.92QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.93QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.94QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.95QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.96QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.97QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.98QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.99QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.100QPCh. 20 - Prob. 20.101QP
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