One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U-235, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 703 million years. How long does it take for the U-235 to reach one-eighth of its initial amount?

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A: Half-life time t12=0.696k;   k is decay constantandt=1kln(m0m)m0 is mass of at time t=0m is mass of…

Q: How long does it take for a radioactive substance to decay from 360 cps to 11.25 cps if the…

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Q: The half life of an isotope is 43 seconds.  How long does it take 100.00 g of that isotope to decay…

A: Given that  Initially weight of isotope sample = 100.0 gm initially number of atoms of isotope No=…

Q: What is the half-life of a radioactive substance if after 5 years 95 percent of an initial amount…

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Q: The half-life of Lithium-8 (Li-8) is 0.84 seconds. If 400 grams of Li-8 were released to the…

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Q: Carbon-14 has a half life of 5730 years. How much carbon-14 would remain after 34380 years if the…

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Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is UU-235, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 703…

A: Given , half life of U-235 = 703 million years. We need to find the time at which the amount of…

Q: The half-life of radioactive chromium-51 is 28 days, If a sample of chromium-51 has a mass of 12.0…

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Q: Technicium-104 has a half-life of 18 minutes.If the initial mass is 100.0g,how much remains after 90…

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Q: The rate constant for a certain radioactive nuclide is 9.4 x 103h-1. What is the half-life of this…

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Q: The rate constant for a certain radioactive nuclide is 9.8 x 10-3h-1 . What is the half-life of this…

A: The rate constant for radioactive nuclide is given as 9.8 x 10-3h-1. All the radioactive decays…

Q: If uranium-238 has a half-life of 45 billion years, how many years would it take for a 10-gram…

A: Given  Half life of U-238 (t1/2)   = 45 billion years 1 billion years    = 109 years  45 billion…

Q: Strontium-90 is radioactive and has a half life of 28.8 years. What percentage of a sample would be…

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Q: Uranium-235 decays to Lead-207 with a half life of about 704 million. years. if you find a 1000g…

A: Half life of Uranium-235t12 = 704 million years Initial amount of fossilNo= 1000 gms Final amount of…

Q: The half-life of selenium-83 is 22.3 min. If a sample contains 24.0g of selenium-83, how long will…

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Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

A: Given datas –  t1/2 = 30.2 years  t = ?  [A0] = 100.0 g  [At] = 1.20 g

Q: The half life of an isotope is 43 seconds.how long does it take 100.00 g of isotope to decay to 6.25…

A: Given data contains, Half-life of an isotope is 43 seconds. Mass of isotope before decay is 100.0 g.…

Q: Plutonium – 236 is an alpha emitter with a half-life of 2.86 years. If a sample initially contains…

A: Given data Half life : t1/2=2.86 year Initial amount : No=2.56 mg time : t=7 year…

Q: Radioactive nuclide, 90Sr, has a half-life of 30 years. What percent of a sample of 90Sr will remain…

A: Half life = 30 years  Time given = 60 years

Q: The half-life of mercury-203 is 46.6 days. What percentage of mercury-203 remains in a sample after…

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Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U-235, an alphaemitter with a half-life of 703 million…

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Q: Approximately how many half-lives must pass for the amount of radioactivity in a substance to…

A: Given, radioactivity of the substance decreases below 1% of its initial level.The initial percentage…

Q: 7. If uranium-238 has a half-life of 45 billion years, how many years would it take for a 10-gram…

A: The half-life is the time required to reduce one half of the initial concentration of the substance.

Q: The half-life of tritium is 12.3 years. If 48.0 mg of tritium is released from a nuclear power plant…

A: Given data contains, Half-life of tritium is 12.3 years Mass of tritium is 48.0 g Time t is 5.0…

Q: How long would it take for the amount of u-235 to reach 1/8 of its initial amount? One of the…

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Q: A 40.0 mg sample of a radioactive substance decays to 10.0 mg in 10 days. What is the half-life of…

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Q: NUCLEAR REACTIONS Zinc-62 decays with a half-life of 9.186 hours. 1. Write the balanced nuclear…

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Q: Potassium-40 decays to argon-40 with a half-life of 1.27 * 109 yr. What is the age of a rock in…

A: It is given that potassium-40 decays to Argon-40 and has a half-life of 1.27×109 years and the mass…

Q: 2. The isotope cesium-137 has a half-life of 29.75 years. How long will it take a 100 gram sample of…

A: First-order reaction: The type of reaction which depends only on one substance is called a…

Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

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Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U-235, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 703…

A: The relationship between the decay constant and the half-life period is given below.

Q: Proton-85 has a half-life of 10 years. Approximately what percentage of Kr-85 produced from the…

A: Half life of Kr-85 = 10 yr % of Kr remain active = ?

Q: At a given time, there are 1.2 mg of a radioactive substance present. After 6 hours there is only…

A: To solve this question, first find out the rate constant of radioactive substance and using that…

Q: The half-life of cesium-137 is 30.2 yrs. If the initial mass of a sample is 1.00kg, how much will…

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Q: 187 Cs has a half-life of 30.2 years. How many years will it take for a 100.0-g sample to decay to…

A: Half life means time takwen by the sample to reachhalf of its concentartion.  Remains afetr t time =…

Q: The radioactive substance neptunium -139 decays to 72.85% of its original amount after 28 hours. How…

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Q: What is the half-life of chromium-56 if 12.8 minutes are required for the activity of a sample of…

A: Radioactive decay follow first order kinectics . Half life for first order reaction  = 0.693/k  k is…

Q: If 25%(1/4)of a radioactive element remains after1,000years, what is the half-life?

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Q: 3. Suppose a sample of carbon-243 has a half-life of 3427 years. How long does it take for 80% of a…

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Q: The half-life of a given radioactive substance is 2.5 minutes. What fraction of the original…

A: Given, half-life , t1/2 = 2.5 min                     and, t = 10 min We need to calculate the…

Q: Given the half-life of Carbon-14 is 5770 years, how much of a 540 gram sample is left after 10000…

A: For the given radioactive decay process: Rate constant, k =?  Half-life=5770 years According to…

Q: A rock contains 0.257 mg of lead-206 for every milligram of uranium-238. The half-life for the decay…

A: The first-order rate law can be transformed into another highly useful equation with the decay…

Q: A certain radioisotope has a half-life of 9.54 days. What percentage of an initial sample of this…

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Q: What is the half-life of uranium-238 if 9.10×109 years are required for the activity of a sample of…

A: Given: 9.10×109 years are required for the activity of a sample of uranium-238 to fall to 24.7…

Q: Zinc-62 decays with a half-life of 9.186 hours. 1. Write the balanced nuclear reaction of Zn-62 as…

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Q: The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73 x 10° years. Suppose the activity due to the…

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Q: A 371.9 ng sample of an unknown radioactive substance was placed in storage and its mass measured…

A: On passing a half life the concentration of the substance becomes half. Let the substance has passed…

Q: the half-life of aluminum 26 is .74 million years. Suppose an asteroid contained 800 kg of aluminum…

A: The half-life of aluminum 26 is 0.74 million years. The mass of aluminum 26 present in asteroid is…

Q: One of the nuclides in spent nuclear fuel is U−234U−234, an alpha emitter with a half-life of…

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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.