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Important Questions on Nuclear Physics

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A nuclear reaction is given as He42+XAZYA+3Z+2+A. The particle A is 
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In the hypothetical fission reaction 

X92236Ya144+Z36b+3n01

What are the values of a and b?

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The electric charge of the neutrino is given by
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A common example of alpha decay is

23892U23490Th+2He4+Q

Given:

23892U=238.05060 u

23490Th=234.04360 u

42He=4.00260 u and 1u=931.5MeVc2

The energy released Q during the alpha decay of 23892U is _____ MeV.

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Which of the following nuclear reactions is possible?
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The minimum kinetic energy needed by an alpha particle to cause the nuclear reaction N716+He24H11+O819 in a laboratory frame is n (in MeV). Assume that N716 is at rest in the laboratory frame. The masses of N716, He24, H11 and O819 can be taken to be 16.006 u, 4.003 u, 1.008 u and 19.003 u, respectively, where 1 u=930 MeV c-2. The value of n is

If the numerical value has more than two decimal places, truncate/round-off the value to TWO decimal places.

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In the following nuclear reaction C116B115-β--x, x stands for  
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A radioactive nucleus A with a half-life T, decays into a nucleus B. At t=0, there is no nucleus B. At some time t, the ratio of the number of B to that of A is 0.3. Then, t is given by: Consider logex=logx
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The binding energy per nucleon of  L3i7and He24 nuclei are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 MeV, respectively. Then, in the nuclear reaction L37+H11He24+He24+Q, the value of Q. the energy released, is
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Consider the following nuclear reactions:

I.  714N+He24O817+X

II. Be49+H24He612+Y

Then,

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Using a nuclear counter the count rate of emitted particles from a radioactive source is measured. At t=0 it was 1600 counts per second and t=8 seconds it was 100 counts per second. The count rate observed, as counts per second, at t=6 seconds is close to:
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For nuclei with mass number close to 119 and 238 , the binding energies per nucleon are approximately 7.6 MeV and 8.6 MeV, respectively. If a nucleus of mass number 238 breaks into two nuclei of nearly equal masses, what will be the approximate amount of energy released in the process of fission?
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In a radioactive decay chain,  90232Th nucleus decays to  82212Pb nucleus. Let Nα and Nβ be the number of α and β- particles, respectively, emitted in this decay process. Which of the following statements is (are) true?
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The Q-value of a nuclear reaction and kinetic energy of the projectile particle, Kp are related as 
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The half-life of a radioactive substance is 30 min. The time (in minutes) taken between 40% decay and 85% decay of the same radioactive substance is
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A decay chain of the nucleus U92238 involves eight α -decays and six β -decays. The final nucleus at the end of the process will be
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A radioactive element has a rate of disintegration 10,000 disintegrations per minute at a particular instant. After four minutes it becomes 2500 disintegrations per minute. The decay constant per minute is
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A heavy nucleus N, at rest, undergoes fission NP+Q, where P and Q are two lighter nuclei. Let δ=MN-MP-MQ, where MP, MQ and MN are the masses of P,Q and N, respectively. EP and EQ are the kinetic energies of P and Q, respectively. The speeds of P and Q are vP and vQ, respectively. If c is the speed of light, which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?
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A nucleus with mass number 184 initially at rest emits an α-particle. If the Q value of the reaction is 5.5 MeV, calculate the kinetic energy of the α- particle.
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Suppose a Ra88226 nucleus at rest and in ground state undergoes α -decay to a Rn86222 nucleus in its excited state. The kinetic energy of the emitted α particle is found to be 4.44 MeV. R86222n nucleus then goes to its ground state by γ -decay. The energy of the emitted γ -photon is _______ keV,
[Given: atomic mass of  88226Ra=226.005u, atomic mass of  86222Rn=222.000u, atomic mass of α particle =4.000u,1u=931MeV/c2, c is speed of the light]