Choose the BEST answer to the following. Compared with the mass of a uranium atom undergoing fission, the combined masses of the products after fission are (a) less. (b) more. (c) the same. (d) zero.

Q: How many half-lives have passed if about 3% (rounded) of the original parent material is left?

A: How many half-lives have passed if about 3% (rounded) of the original parent material is left?

Q: Choose the BEST answer to the following. The equation that most underlies energy release in nuclear…

A: The equation in option (a) gives the energy of a photon.

Q: Why does a neutron make a better nuclear bullet than a proton?

A: A neutron has no charge, so it will not be repelled or absorbed between neutrons and the nucleus.

Q: hat atomic number, mass number, and element results when a Radon-222 atom emits a gamma ray through…

A: As we know that the atomic number of Radon is 86 and mass number is 222.

Q: How is chemical burning similar to nuclear fusion?

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Q: A particular isotope has a​ half-life of 74 days. If you start with 1 kilogram of this​ isotope, how…

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Q: Which process would release energy from gold, fission or fusion? Which would release energy from…

A: From gold, fission would release energy. From carbon, fusion would release energy.

Q: Cs-137 has a half-life of 30 years. Approximately how much time is required for the radiation of…

A: Given Data : The half-life of Cs-137 is given as t12=30 years

Q: The half-life of radium-226 is 1590 years. Suppose we start with a sample of radium-226 whose mass…

A: Given: The half-life of radium = 1590 years Mass of the sample = 50 mg

Q: Radium-226 is a common isotope on Earth, but it has a half-life of about 1600 years. Given that…

A: The decay chain of Uranium-238 gives Radium-226 which is stable isotope. The half-life of…

Q: what happens to a nucleus if the mass number increased?

A: The mass number of any element is the sum of the total number of protons and neutrons in the…

Q: If he sample of radioactive isotope has a half-life of one decade how much of the original sample…

A: Second decade means radioactive isotope will complete two half-life. So the amount of original…

Q: When a pair of hydrogen nuclei are fused to create helium, how does the mass of the resulting helium…

A: Given :  Pair of hydrogen nuclei

Q: What is meant by the idea of a critical mass?

A: The least amount of a given fissile material needed to achieve a self-sustaining fission chain…

Q: Cobalt-60 has a half-life of 5.24 years.(a) Find the mass that remains from a 100-mg sample after20…

A: t=Duration of half life=5.24 yearsk=ConstantC=Mass of Cobalt=100 mg

Q: How is radioactive emission different from radioactivity and radioactive decay?

A: Radiation is a broad term that encompasses all types of energy output and transmission, including…

Q: What happens when an unstable nucleus undergoes radioactive decay?

A: Radioactive elements are elements with unstable nuclei. To become more stable, the nuclei undergo…

Q: Thirty percent of a radioactive substance decays in two years. By what percent does the substance…

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Q: If carbon-14 underwent beta decay, what is the resulting nucleus?

A: Beta decay:  A element which undergoes beta decay then the neutron of the atom gets converted to…

Q: If a sample of a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 1 year, how much of the original sample will…

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Q: The energy release of nuclear fission is tied to the fact that the heaviest nuclei have about 0.1%…

A: It is given that the heaviest nuclei have about 0.1% more mass per nucleon that the nuclei near the…

Q: how much energy (in Joules) is released by Helium -4 during a nuclear reaction?

A: Given: Helium-4  Asked to find energy released during a nuclear reaction.

Q: The half life of a radioactive nucleus is 50 days. The time interval (t, – t) between the time t;…

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Q: The​ half-life of a radioactive substance is 20 years. If you start with some amount of this​…

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Q: Suppose you start with 1 kilogram of a radioactivesubstance that has a half-life of 7 years. How…

A: Radioactive decay is represented by,

Q: Why is uranium-235 used in nuclear fission? why is uranium-235 one of the only elements ideal for…

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Q: If a sample of a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 3 years, how much of the original sample…

A: The half-life of the sample = 3 years (a) That means, after every 3year the sample becomes half of…

Q: Which produces more energy, the fissioning of a single uranium nucleus or the fusing of a pair of…

A: The energy released by the fusion of one uranium molecule is greater than the energy released by the…

Q: What is given off by gamma decay?

A: In a gamma decay, unstable nuclei undergo decay to emit excess energy in the form of gamma rays.

Q: How much energy in joules is produced by single fusion reaction? .02862 times the mass of a single…

A: Given : How much energy in joules is produced by single fusion reaction?  Mass = 0.02862mp

Q: If 1.99 half-lives have occurred, what amount of radio-active material would be left if you began…

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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.