
To determine the half-life of a radioactive element, a student plots a graph of versus . Where, is the rate of radioactive decay at time . If the number of radioactive nuclei of this element decreases by a factor of after , the value of is




Important Questions on Modern Physics

Assertion - When ultraviolet light is incident on a photocell, its stopping potential is and the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons is . When the ultraviolet light is replaced by -rays, both and increase.
Reason - Photoelectrons are emitted with speeds ranging from zero to a maximum value, because of the range of frequencies present in the incident light.


The above is a plot of binding energy per nucleon against the nuclear mass . , , , , , and corresponds to different nuclei. Consider four reactions
,where is the energy released. In which reaction is positive?




