UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, VOL.3 (OER)17th EditionOpenStax Publisher: XANEDUISBN: 2810020283905
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, VOL.3 (OER)
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Problem 10.1CYU:
Check Your Understanding Nucleus X is two times larger than nucleus Y. What is the ratio of their...Problem 10.2CYU:
Check Your Understanding If the binding energy per nucleon is large, does this make it harder easier...Problem 10.3CYU:
Check Your Understanding A radioactive nuclide has a high decay rate. What does this mean for its...Problem 10.4CYU:
Check Your Understanding In radioactive beta decay, does the atomic mass number, A, increase or...Problem 10.5CYU:
Check Your Understanding Which has a larger energy yield per fission reaction, a large or small...Problem 10.7CYU:
Check Your Understanding Radiation propagates in all directions from its source, much as...Problem 1CQ:
Define and make clear distinctions between the terms neutron, nucleon, nucleus, and nuclide.Problem 2CQ:
What are isotopes? Why do isotopes of the same atom share the same chemical properties?Problem 3CQ:
Explain why a bound system should have less mass than its components. Why is this not observed...Problem 4CQ:
Why is the number of neutrons greater than the number of protons in stable nuclei that have an A...Problem 5CQ:
To obtain the most precise value of the binding energy per nucleon, it is important to take into...Problem 7CQ:
For the carbon dating described in this chapter, what impoiiant assumption is made about the time...Problem 8CQ:
What is the key difference and the key similarity between beta ( ) decay and alpha decay?Problem 11CQ:
Consider Figure 10.12. If the magnetic field is replaced by ail electric field pointed in toward the...Problem 12CQ:
Why is Earth’s core molten?Problem 13CQ:
Should an atomic bomb really be called nuclear bomb?Problem 15CQ:
In what way is ail atomic nucleus like a liquid drop?Problem 18CQ:
IB. Wliv is a PET scan more accurate than a SPECT scan?Problem 19CQ:
Isotopes that emit a radiation are relatively safe outside the body and exceptionally hazardous...Problem 20CQ:
Ionizing radiation can impair the ability of a cell to repair DNA. What are the three wavs the cell...Problem 21P:
Find the atomic numbers, mass numbers, and neutron numbers for (a) 2958Cu,(b) 1124Na , (c)...Problem 22P:
Silver has two stable isotopes. The nucleus, 47107Ag , has atomic mass 106.905095 g/mol with an...Problem 23P:
The mass (M) and the radius (r) of a nucleus can be expressed in terms of the mass number, A. (a)...Problem 24P:
A particle has a mass equal to 10 u. If this mass is converted completely into energy, how much...Problem 25P:
Find the length of a side of a cube having a mass of 1.0 kg and the density of nuclear matter.Problem 26P:
The detail that you can observe using a probe is limited by its wavelength, Calculate the energy of...Problem 27P:
How much energy would be released if six hydrogen atoms and six neutrons were combined to form 612C...Problem 29P:
56 Fe is among the most tightly bound of all nuclides.It makes up more than 90% of natural iron....Problem 30P:
is the heaviest stable nuclide, and its BEN is low compared with medium-mass nuclides. Calculate BEN...Problem 31P:
(a) Calculate BEN for 235U, the rarer of the two most common uranium isotopes; (b) Calculate BEN for...Problem 32P:
The fact that BEN peaks at roughly A = 60 implies that the range of the strong nuclear force is...Problem 33P:
A sample of radioactive material is obtained from a very old rock. A plot InA verses t yieldsa slope...Problem 34P:
Show that: T=1.Problem 35P:
The half-life of strondum-91, 3891Sris 9.70 h. Find (a) its decay constant and (b) for an initial...Problem 36P:
A sample of pure carbon-14 ( T1/2=5730y ) has an activity of 1.0Ci . What is the mass of the sample?Problem 37P:
A radioactive sample initially contains 2.40102 mol of a radioactive material whose half-life is...Problem 38P:
An old campfire is uncovered during an archaeological dig. Its charcoal is found to contain less...Problem 39P:
Calculate the activity R , in curies of 1.00 g of 226Ra. (b) Explain why your answer is not exactly...Problem 40P:
Natural uranium consists of 235U(percent abundance = 0.7200%, =3.121017/s ) and 238U (percent...Problem 41P:
World War II aircraft bad instruments with glowing radium-painted dials. The activity of one such...Problem 42P:
, The 210Po source used in a physics laboratory is labeled as having an activity of 1.0Cion the date...Problem 43P:
Armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium cores are fired by aircraft at tanks. (The high density...Problem 44P:
undergoes alpha decay, (a) Write the reaction equation, (b) Find the energy released in the decay.Problem 45P:
(a) Calculate the energy released in the a decay of 238U . (b) What fraction of the mass of a single...Problem 46P:
The particles emitted in the decay of 3H (tritium) interact with matter to create light in a glow-...Problem 47P:
(a) Write the complete decay equation for 90Sr, a major waste product of nuclear reactors, (b) Find...Problem 48P:
Write a nuclear decay reaction that produces the 90Y nucleus. (Hint: The parent nuclide is a major...Problem 49P:
Write the complete decay equation in the complete ZAXNnotation for the beta ()decay of 3H (tritium),...Problem 50P:
If a 1.50-cm-thick piece of lead can absorb 90.0% of the rays from a radioactive source, how many...Problem 51P:
An electron can interact with a nucleus through the beta-decay process: ZAX+eY+ve Write the complete...Problem 52P:
(a) Write the complete reaction equation for electron capture by 15O. (b) Calculate the energy...Problem 53P:
A rare decay mode has been observed in which 222Raemits a 14C nucleus. (a) The decay equation is...Problem 54P:
A large power reactor that has been in operation for some months is tinned off, but residual...Problem 55P:
(a) Calculate the energy released in the neutron- induced fission n+238U96Sr+140Xe+3n , given...Problem 56P:
(a) Calculate the energy released in the neutron- Induced fission reaction n+235U92Kr+142Ba+2n ,...Problem 57P:
The electrical power output of a large nuclear reactor facility is 900 MW. It has a 35.0% efficiency...Problem 59P:
Verify that the total number of nucleons, and total charge are conserved for each of the following...Problem 60P:
Calculate the energy output in each of the fusion reactions in the proton-proton chain, and verify...Problem 61P:
Show that the total energy released in the proton- proton chain is 26.7 MeV, considering the overall...Problem 62P:
Two fusion reactions mentioned in the text are n+3He4He+and n+1H2H+. Both reactions release energy,...Problem 63P:
The power output of the Sun is 41026 W. (a) If 90% of this energy is supplied by the proton-proton...Problem 64P:
Another set of reactions that fuses hydrogen into helium in the Sun and especially in hotter stars...Problem 65P:
(a) Calculate the energy released by the fusion of a 1.00-kg mixture of deuterium and tritium, which...Problem 66P:
What is the dose in mSv for: (a) a 0.1-Gy X-ray? (b) 2.5 mGy of neutron exposure to the eye? (c)...Problem 67P:
Find the radiation dose in Gy for: (a) A 10-mSv fluoroscopic X-ray series, (b) 50 mSv of skin...Problem 69P:
In the 19805, the term picowave was used to describe food irradiation in order to overcome public...Problem 70P:
What is the dose in Sv in a cancer treatment that exposes the patient to 200 Gy of rays?Problem 71P:
One half the rays from 99mTcare absorbed by a 0.170-mm-thicklead shielding. Half of the y rays that...Problem 72P:
How many Gy of exposure is needed to give a cancerous tumor a dose of 40 Sv if it is exposed to a...Problem 73P:
A plumber at a nuclear power plant receives a whole - body dose of 30 mSv in 15 minutes while...Problem 74P:
Calculate the dose in rem/y for the lungs of a weapons plant employee who inhales and retains an...Problem 75AP:
The wiki-phony site states that the atomic mass of chlorine is 40 g/mol. Check this result. Hint:...Problem 76AP:
A particle physicist discovers a neutral particle with a mass of 2.02733 u that he assumes is two...Problem 77AP:
A nuclear physicist finds 1.0of 236Uin a piece of uranium ore (T1/2=2.348107y) . (a) Use die decay...Problem 78AP:
A group of scientists use carbon dating to date a piece of wood to be 3 billion years old. Why...Problem 79AP:
According to your lab partner, a 2.00-cm-thick sodium-iodide crystal absorbs all but 10% of lays...Problem 80AP:
In the science section of the newspaper, an article reports the efforts of a group of scientists to...Problem 81AP:
The ceramic glaze on a red-orange “Fiestaware” plate is U2O3and contains 50.0 grams of 238U, but...Problem 82AP:
Large amounts of depleted uranium (238U)are available as a by-product of uranium processing for...Problem 83AP:
A piece of wood from an ancient Egyptian tomb is tested for its carbon-14 activity. It is found to...Problem 84CP:
This problem demonstrates that the binding energy of the electron in the ground state of a hydrogen...Problem 85CP:
The Galileo space probe was launched on its long journey past Venus and Earth in 1989, with an...Problem 86CP:
Find the energy emitted in the decay of 60Co .Problem 87CP:
Engineers are frequently called on to inspect and, if necessary, repair equipment in nuclear power...Problem 88CP:
If two nuclei are to fuse in a nuclear reaction, they must be moving fast enough so that the...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
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