COLLEGE PHYSICS
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Ch. 31 - Suppose the range for 5.0 MeVa ray is known to be...Ch. 31 - What is the difference between (rays and...Ch. 31 - Ionizing radiation interacts with matter by...Ch. 31 - What characteristics of radioactivity show it to...Ch. 31 - What is the source of the energy emitted in...Ch. 31 - Consider Figure 31.3. If an electric field is...Ch. 31 - Explain how an (particle can have a larger range...Ch. 31 - Arrange the following according to their ability...Ch. 31 - Often, when people have to work around radioactive...Ch. 31 - Is it possible for light emitted by a scintillator...
Ch. 31 - The weak and strong nuclear forces are basic to...Ch. 31 - Define and make clear distinctions between the...Ch. 31 - What are isotopes? Why do different isotopes of...Ch. 31 - Star Trek fans have often heard the term...Ch. 31 - What conservation law requires an electron’s...Ch. 31 - Neutrinos are experimentally determined to have an...Ch. 31 - What do the three types of beta decay have in...Ch. 31 - In a 3109 yearold rock that originally contained...Ch. 31 - Does the number of radioactive nuclei in a sample...Ch. 31 - Radioactivity depends on the nucleus and not the...Ch. 31 - Explain how a bound system can have less mass than...Ch. 31 - Spontaneous radioactive decay occurs only when the...Ch. 31 - To obtain the most precise value of BE from the...Ch. 31 - How does the finite range of the nuclear force...Ch. 31 - Why is the number of neutrons greater than the...Ch. 31 - A physics student caught breaking conservation...Ch. 31 - When a nucleus (decays, does the (particle move...Ch. 31 - The energy of 30.0 eV is required to ionize a...Ch. 31 - A particle of ionizing radiation creates 4000 ion...Ch. 31 - (a) Repeat Exercise 31.2, and convert the energy...Ch. 31 - Suppose a particle of ionizing radiation deposits...Ch. 31 - Verify that a 2.31017kg mass of water at normal...Ch. 31 - Find the length of a side of a cube having a mass...Ch. 31 - What is the radius of an (particle?Ch. 31 - Find the radius of a 238Pu nucleus. 238Pu is a...Ch. 31 - (a) Calculate the radius of 58Ni, one of the most...Ch. 31 - The unified atomic mass unit is defined to be...Ch. 31 - What is the ratio of the velocity of a (particle...Ch. 31 - If a 1.50cmthick piece of lead can absorb 90.0% of...Ch. 31 - The detail observable using a probe is limited by...Ch. 31 - (a) Show that if you assume the average nucleus is...Ch. 31 - What is the radio of the velocity of a 5.00MeV...Ch. 31 - (a) What is the kinetic energy in MeV of a ray...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - In the following eight problems, write the...Ch. 31 - decay producing 137Ba. The parent nuclide is a...Ch. 31 - ( decay producing 90Y. The parent nuclide is a...Ch. 31 - decay producing 228Ra. The parent nuclide is...Ch. 31 - decay producing 208Pb. The parent nuclide is in...Ch. 31 - When an electron and position annihilate, both...Ch. 31 - Confirm That charge, electron family number, and...Ch. 31 - Confirm that charge, electron family number, and...Ch. 31 - Confirm that charge, electron family number, and...Ch. 31 - Confirm that charge, electron family number, and...Ch. 31 - A rare decay mode has been observed in which 222Ra...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete a decay equation for 226Ra....Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete a decay equation for 249Cf....Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete decay equation for the...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete decay equation for 90Sr,...Ch. 31 - Calculate the energy released in the + decay of...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete + decay equation for llC....Ch. 31 - (a) Calculate the energy released in the a decay...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete reaction equation for...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the complete reaction equation for...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - Data from the appendices and the periodic table...Ch. 31 - 2H is a loosely hound isotope of hydrogen. Called...Ch. 31 - 56Feis among the most tightly bound of all...Ch. 31 - 209Bi is the heaviest stable nuclide, and its BE/A...Ch. 31 - (a) Calculate BE/A for 235U, the rarer of the two...Ch. 31 - (a) Calculate BE/A for 12C. Stable and relatively...Ch. 31 - The fact that BE/A is greatest for A near 60...Ch. 31 - The purpose of this problem is to show in three...Ch. 31 - Unreasonable Results A particle physicist...Ch. 31 - Derive an approximate relationship between the...Ch. 31 - Integrated Concepts A 2.00T magnetic ?eld is...Ch. 31 - (a) Write the decay equation for the decay of...Ch. 31 - Unreasonable Results The relatively scarce...Ch. 31 - Unreasonable Results A physicist scatters (rays...Ch. 31 - Unreasonable Results A frazzled theoretical...Ch. 31 - Construct Your Own Problem Consider the decay of...Ch. 31 - Prob. 1TPCh. 31 - Prob. 2TPCh. 31 - Prob. 3TPCh. 31 - Prob. 4TPCh. 31 - Prob. 5TPCh. 31 - Prob. 6TPCh. 31 - Prob. 7TPCh. 31 - Prob. 8TPCh. 31 - Prob. 9TPCh. 31 - Prob. 10TPCh. 31 - Prob. 11TPCh. 31 - Prob. 12TP
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