The decay of radon has a half-life of 3.823 days. How many grams of radon remain after 7.22 days if the sample initially weighs 250.0 grams? Select one: a. 183 g O b. 54.1 g О с. 76.3 g O d. 67.5 g Ое. 4.21 g

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Q: The radioactive decay of a sample containing an unknown radioactive isotope produced 6274…

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Q: Uranium-235 has a half-life of 7.04 x 108 years. How many years will it take for 99.9% of a U-235…

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Q: The first-order decay of radon has a half-life of 3.823 days.  How many grams of radon remain after…

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Q: A sample of carbon-14 has a mass of. 24.77 g. How much will be left after O half-lives? Type your…

A: Given the mass of carbon-14 sample = 24.77 g

Q: Carbon-14 undergoes nuclear decay and has a half-life of 5,730 years. How many moles will be left…

A: Given :-  initial amount of sample = 50 moles  half life (t½) = 5730 years  To calculate :-  amount…

Q: Isotope of uranium 234U decays to thorium by the alpha decay with the half-life of 7.73 x 1012 s.…

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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: An unknown radioisotope exhibits 8540 decays per second.After 350.0 min, the number of decays…

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Q: A radioactive sample contains 9.5 x 1017 atoms of a nuclide that decays at a rate of 5.4 x 1013…

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Q: The half-lives of different radioisotopes are given in the table. Radioisotope Half-life (min)…

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Q: A radioactive element has a half-life of 1.1 hours. How many hours will it take for the number of…

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Q: Cs-134 has a half-life of 2.0 years. How much of a 2.50-g sample of this isotope will remain after…

A: Given :- half life of Cs-134 = 2.0 years                Initial amount of sample = 2.50-g  To…

Q: Radioactive iodine (Iodine-131) has a half-life of 8.04 days. How long will it take for 150g of…

A: Given: The half-life of Iodine-131, t12 = 8.04 days. The initial amount of Iodine-131, (N0) = 150 g.…

Q: 6. A rock contains 0.257 mg of lead-206 for every milligram of uranium-238. The half-life for the…

A: Given, Half-life - 4.5 × 109 yr. 1 mg U-238 contains 0.257 mg of Pb-206.

Q: PET studies require fluorine-18, which decays with a half-life of 1.83 hours from the time it is…

A: First, the rate constant value is determined by using the given half life period.

Q: The half-life of carbon-14 is about 5715 years. A sample contains 1 gram of carbon-14. How much will…

A: Formula for half life,  N (t )= No(1/2)t/t1/2 where, N (t) = quantity of the substance remaining…

Q: Cobalt-60 decays with a half-life of 5.27 years. What is the rate (in 1/yr) of decay?

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Q: A sample of Uranium-234 has been decomposing. If the original mass of 234U is 2.57milligrams, how…

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Q: III. Uranium-238 undergoes a radioactive decay chain before it reaches nudear stability, forming the…

A: In nuclear reaction emmision of alpha and beta particles are quite common. Alpha particle which is…

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: 2. The radioactive potassium-40 isotope decays to argon-40 with a half-life of. a. Write a balanced…

A: t1/2 = 1.2 x 109 year Initial Mass of K = 100 g Remaining Mass = 18 g

Q: A radioisotope has a half-life of 8.7 h. What mass of the radioisotope will be left after 24.5 h if…

A: The objective of the question is to find out the the mass of radioisotope left after 24.5 h.

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Q: A sample initially contains 60.0g of thorium-234. After 48 days 7.8g of thorium-234 remains…

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Q: The half-life of C-14 is 5730 years. How many grams of carbon-14 will remain after 17190 years, if…

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Q: The noble gas radon has been the focus of much attention because it may be found in homes. Radon-222…

A: Half life time = 3.82 days  Concentration decreases to 10% of original.  Let initial concentration =…

Q: The half-lives of different radioisotopes are given in the table. Radioisotope Half-life (min)…

A: For the Potassium-44,  Half life, t1/2 = 22 min Initial amount of Potassium-44, A0 = 64 mg After…

Q: The half-life of cobalt-60 is 5.27 yr. How much of a 1.000-mg sample of cobalt-60 is left after…

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Q: The half-life of Oxygen-15 is 2 min. What fraction of a sample of O-15 will remain after 5 half…

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Q: A radioactive material decays at a rate proportional to its amount. If the material has a half-life…

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Q: The half-life of Ga-67 is 77.9 hours. How long will it take Ga-67 to decay and lose 95% of its…

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Q: a radioactive isotope. Z-109 has a half life off 43.1 years. how manny years Will it take the sample…

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Q: A radioactive isotope emits 999 disintegrations per minute due to beta decay. If after 1.01 years…

A: Since the relationship between activity and time is given by  A0 e-λt = A where A = activity after t…

Q: If a rock sample was found to contain 4.30 x 10-7 mol of argon-40, how much potassium-40 would also…

A: Nuclear disintegration follows first order kinetics  λ=2.303 log(A0/A)/t  λ=0.693/t1/2 or 0.693/t1/2…

Q: The half-life of Ga-67 is 77 9 hours. How long will it take Ga-67 to decay and lose 95% of its…

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Q: If 28.0% of a sample of copper-64 decays in 6.16 hours, what is the half-life of this isotope (in…

A: We will use formula of rate constant first order kinetics

Q: The radioactive decay of thallium−206 to lead−206 has a half-life of 4.20 min. Starting with 5.60…

A: All radioactive decay follows first order kinetics. So we can use the equation of first order…

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

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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: 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: A volcanic eruption melts a large chunk of rock, and all gases are expelled. After cooling, argon-40…

A: Half-life of potassium-40 = 1.25 x 109 year A = The final amount of 40 K left = 1.38 mmol  A0 =…

Q: Cobalt-60, which undergoes beta decay, has a half-life of 5.26 yr. (a) How many beta particles are…

A: Given: Half life of beta decay= 5.26 year Time= 600s Mass of Cobalt-60= 3.75 mg

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.