When radiation interacts with mater, the depth of penetration depends on the nature of the radiation, the density of the material, and the speed of the radioactive particle when it enters the material.

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Q: The technique of carbon-14 dating relies on the assumption that the cosmic-ray intensity has been…

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Q: Please solve the following problem!A huge amount of radioactive iodine (131I) andcaesium(137Cs) was…

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Q: What was the original mass of a sample if 0.0750 grams remain after 11.47 days?

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Q: Iodine-131 has a half life of 8 days. This means that after 8 days, half of the original mass of the…

A: Part A Since Iodine-131 has a half-life of 8 days, which means every 8 days the mass reduces to…

Q: A proton is accelerated to 65.6 MeV per particle. What is this energy in kJ/mol?

A: A proton is accelerated to 65.6 MeV per particle. What is this energy in kJ mol-1 ?

Q: How long (in hours) would it take to disintegrate 3.17 × 1017 atoms from a 12.0-mCi (millicurie)…

A: Activity = 12.0 mCi = 12 * 10-3 Ci

Q: Suppose there was a release of 0.572 mole of particle A and 0.792 mole of particle B and both…

A: Given the moles of particle-A released = 0.572 mol Given the energy of particle-A = 5.73 MeV We have…

Q: Mr. Albedo stumbled upon an unknown material in an abandoned laboratory. He believes that this…

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Q: Technetium-99m is a metastable nuclide used in numerouscancer diagnostic and treatment programs. It…

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Q: The half-life of 232Th is 1.4 x 100 yr. Find the number of disin- tegrations per hour emitted by 1.0…

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Q: Is it possible to have quantum yield higher than unity? What will be the quantum yield of the…

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Q: The following are factors that influence the penetration activity of radiation through a barrier…

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Q: Calculate the half-life of a radioisotope if it takes 24 years for a sample to decay to 12.5% of its…

A: Radioactive decay follows first order kinetics. Half-life is the time taken by a radioisotope to…

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A: Given The half-life period for 14C = 5730 y = 1.8 x 1011 sec. Molar mass of 14C = 14 g/mol NA =…

Q: When radiation interacts with matter, the depth of penetration depends on the nature of the…

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Q: Uranium-238 undergoes eight consecutive a-emissions to give stable lead. In an uranium ore sample,…

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Q: Archaeologists used pieces of burned wood, or charcoal, found at the site to date prehistoric…

A: 5730 Given, half-life of C-14 = years. 65.1% of C-14 found in living trees of the same type had…

Q: The half life of 231Pa is 3.25 x 104 years. How much of an initial 10.40 microgram sample remains…

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Q: A radioisotope “X” has a half-life of 2.5 years. Determine (to the nearest 0.1 mg) how much of a…

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Q: A certain radioactive material contains 1010 atoms and has a half-life of 20 days. (i.) Calculate…

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Q: which The synthetic radioisotope technetium-99, decays by beta emission, is the most widely used…

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Q: In living organisms, C-14 atoms disintegrate at a rate of 15.3 atoms per minute per gram of carbon.…

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Q: The radioisotope 41Ar decays by β-(negative beta) emission to an excited level of 41K that is 1.293…

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Q: A proton is accelerated to 66.7 MeV per particle. What is this energy in kJ/mol?

A: Given: Energy in MeV = 66.7 MeV

Q: A sample contains 4.00 milligrams of Fe-55. How many milligrams of Fe-55 will remain after 10.00…

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Q: the radiation intensity emanating from a source is 60 mrad/h. Lead sheets that provied 1 HVL are…

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Q: If 80% of a radioactive element remains radioactive after 300 million years, then what percent…

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Q: Which of the following would you expect to have the shortest half-life? Hint: Think of the valley of…

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Q: A proton is accelerated to 87.0 MeV per particle. What is this energy in kJ/mol?

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Q: Charcoal samples from Stonehenge in England were burned in O2, and the resultant CO2 gas bubbled…

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Q: Some watch dials are coated with a phosphor, like ZnS,and a polymer in which some of the 1H atoms…

A: Given that : Half life of tritium = 12.3 yr Time period (t) = 50 yr Mass of tritium = 3.024 g

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Q: If 1/8 of a radioactive element remains after 600 years, what is the element half life? Please…

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.