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Mean life of a radioactive substance is 1620 and 2160 years for α and β emission respectively. At any instant α particles are emitted at a rate of 4×105 s-1 and β particles at 3×105 s-1. Mass number of substance is 234 and take time for 1 year as 3×107 sec. If mass of radioactive substance at that instant is x×10-6 gm find x (Take Avogadro no. =6×1023) (Approximate the answer to the nearest integer.)

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Important Questions on Atoms and Nuclei

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In a sample of Rn86211 nuclei, 25 percent decay by α -decay to Po84207 and the rest decay by electron capture to At85211. What is the ratio of the mean life for α -decay, τα, to the mean life for electron capture, τβ?
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A radioactive substance is being produced at a constant rate a'' per second. Its decay constant is b. The relation between the maximum number of nuclei of X is Nmax=aKb, then the value of K is
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To determine the half life of a radioactive element, a student plots a graph of lndN(t)dt versus t. Here,  dN(t)dt is the rate of radioactive decay at time t. If the number of radioactive nuclei of this element decreases by a factor of p after 4.16 years, the value of p is:

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