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An electron-positron pair (rest mass of each particle=0.51 MeV) is produced by a γ-ray photon of energy 2.42 MeV. The K.E. imparted to each of the charged particles shall be

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In the following reaction, a proton bombards a lithium nucleus at rest producing two α-particles:
Li73+H112 He42.
The total rest mass of the products is less than the total rest mass of the reactants by 0.01864 atomic mass unit (amu). By mass-energy conversion formula, 1 amu=931 MeV approximately. This means that,
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The radius of the first (n=1) orbit in Bohr's model of hydrogen atom is 0.53×10-10 m (Planck's constant, h=6.63×10-34 J s, mass of electron=9.11×10-31 kg). The speed of the electron in this orbit is approximately,
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A nucleus has a half-life of 30 minutes. At 3 PM, its decay rate was measured as 120,000 counts sec-1. What will be the decay rate at 5 PM?
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At time, t=0, a container has N0 radioactive atoms with a decay constant λ. In addition, c numbers of atoms of the same type are being added to the container per unit time. How many atoms of this type are there at t=T?
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Given below are three schematic graphs of potential energy V(r) versus distance r for three atomic particles electron (e), proton p+ and neutron (n) in the presence of a nucleus at the origin O. The radius of the nucleus is r0. The scale on the V-axis may not be the same for all figures. The correct pairing of each with the corresponding atomic particle is,

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A parent nucleus X is decaying into daughter nucleus Y which in turn decays to Z. The half lives of X and Y are 4000 years and 20 years, respectively. In a certain sample, it is found that the number of Y nuclei hardly changes with time. If the number of X nuclei in the sample is 4×1020, the number of Y nuclei present in it is,
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A radioactive nucleus A has a single decay mode with half life τA. Another radioactive nucleus B has two decay modes, 1 and 2. If decay mode 2 is absent, the half life of B would be τA2. If decay mode 1 is absent, the half life of B would be 3τA. If the actual half life of B is τB, then the ratio τBτA is,
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A nuclear decay is possible if the mass of the parent nucleus exceeds the total mass of the decay particles. If M (A, Z) denotes the mass of a single neutral atom of an element with mass number A and atomic number Z, then the minimal condition that the β decay,

XZAYZ+1A+β-+v¯e

will occur is (me denotes the mass of the β particle and the neutrino mass mv can be neglected),