Choose the BEST answer to the following. A radioactive sample has a half-life of 1 hour. Starting with 1.000 gram of it at noon, how much remains at 3:00 PM? (a) 0.50 g. (b) 0.25 g. (c) 0.125 g. (d) 0.0625 g.

Q: A particular radioactive material was weighed exactly 1 year ago, showing a mass of 200 g. If the…

A: Given: Mo=200 gM=23.0 gt=1 year = 365 days

Q: Two radioactive sources M and N, have half-lives of 4.0 hours and 6.2 hours, respectively. The…

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Q: Plutonium-239 (t1/2 = 2.41x104 yr) represents a serious nuclear waste hazard. If seven half-lives…

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Q: The number of radioactive atoms in a sample decay as the emission of radiation proceeds and this may…

A: According to the data given Half life is 3hr And relationship given is . N(t) = N0 e(-t/£)

Q: 1.  Suppose that you are given a 200-gram sample of a radioactive substance with a half-life of 45…

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Q: A radioactive isotope has an activity of 9.27x104 Bq initially. After 3.30 hours the activity is…

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Q: Technetium-99 is an unstable isotope. Given a half-life of 8.01 hours, what is the activity (in…

A: Determine the decay constant.

Q: What is a radioactive tracer?

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Q: A radioactive isotope has an activity of 9.34×104 Bq initially. After 3.10 hours the activity is…

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Q: 5.1 A sample of the isotope 1311, with a half-life of 8.04 days, has an activity of 10 mCi at the…

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Q: 47. A radioactive source consists of a mixture of two isotopes P and Q P has a half-life of 60…

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Q: QI: A hospital technician is working with a radioactive source. The graph below shows the activity…

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Q: What fraction of a radioactive sample remains after (a) one, (b) two, and (c) three half-lives have…

A: a)Fraction of material left after one half life is,

Q: Which expression correctly describes the radioactive decay of a substance whose half-life is T?

A: Radioactive decay is given by , Nt = N0e-λt And rate constant λ = ln2t1/2 = ln2T

Q: Suppose a radioactive nucleus has a half-life of 2 min. and suppose the counting rate at time t = 0…

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Q: a) The activity of a radioactive source is given by dN AN dt where N is the number of nuclei present…

A: A) The activity of a radioactive source is given by : -dNdt = λN initial number of nuclei = No at t…

Q: What is the long-range fate of all the uranium that exists in the world?

A: Uranium-238 is a radioactive element which decays in series of 4 steps.

Q: Find the missing value for the radioactive isotope. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)…

A: we know that  decay constant λ =ln2half lifeand m=m0e-λt

Q: Which expression correctly describes the radioactive decay of a substance whose half-life is T?…

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Q: Suppose a person swallows some radioactive material by accident. What information is needed to be…

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Q: A sample of radioisotope has a decay constant of 9.976✕10-7 s-1 and prepared with an initial…

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Q: Which describes radioactive decay of a substance?

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Q: You can sometimes find deep red crystal vases in antique stores, called uranium glass because their…

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Q: What fraction of radioactive nucleus sample survive after two half-lives?

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Q: Determine the half-life (in s) of a radioactive sample that has a decay rate of 3.30 ✕ 1011 Bq when…

A: Given. N = 1.7*10¹⁵  dN/dt = 3.3*10¹¹ Formula used  N(t) = N⁰*0.5t/T Where  T is half life

Q: A patient is injected 465 MBq of radioactive isotopes with a half life of 110 minutes. How much…

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Q: The number of radioactive atoms in a sample decay as the emission of radiation proceeds and this may…

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Q: Q3: - The half-life of 1311 is 8.04 days. (a) Calculate the decay constant for this isotope. (b)…

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Q: The number of radioactive atoms in a sample decay as the emission of radiation proceeds and this may…

A: Recall N=N0e-λt Where t1/2=ln2/λ       and  τ=1/λ

Q: Given that radioactive cobalt-60 has a radioactive constant equal to 3.8 x 10° s determine its…

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Q: You find a 37.2 g fossilized bone that has an activity of 0.024 counts per second. How old is the…

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Q: The half-life of 23U is 4.5 x 10° yr. A sample of rock of mass 1.6 g produces 29 dis/s. Assuming all…

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Q: The graph represents the activity of a sample with respect to time of a radioactive nuclide.…

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Q: What characteristics of radioactivity show it to be nuclear in origin and not atomic?

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Q: If a 1.50-cm-thick piece of lead can absorb 90.0% of the γ rays from a radioactive source, how many…

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Q: A sample of plutonium-239 has a mass of 24.0 mg. If after 72300 years 6.00mg are left, what is the…

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Q: RADIOACTIVITY. LAW OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY Activity units: 1 Ci = 3.7 × 101º Bq 1. Nuclear decay law: N…

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Q: Complete the following radioactive decay formulas. (Enter the missing reactant or product. Enter…

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Q: Americium-241 is used in smoke detectors. It has a first-order rate constant for radioactive decay…

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Q: which radioactive decay mode does no result in a different nuclide?

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Half Life

The concept of Half Life has numerous practical applications some of them includes figuring out the effective drug dosage to finding out when a radioactive becomes safe to use. If you look for a career in Nuclear Physics you will need this concept.