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What is the mass of an alpha particle?

Important Questions on Atoms and Nuclei

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Match List I (Wavelength range of electromagnetic spectrum) with List II (Method of production of these waves) and select the correct option from the options given below the lists.
  List I   List II
(a) 700 nm to 1 mm (i) Vibration of atoms and molecules.
(b) 1 nm to 400 nm (ii) Inner shell electrons in atoms moving from one energy level to a lower level.
(c) < 10-3 nm (iii) Radioactive decay of the nucleus.
(d) 1 mm to 0.1 m (iv) Magnetron valve.
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An isolated nucleus which was initially at rest, disintegrates into two nuclei due to internal nuclear forces and no γ rays are produced. If the ratio of their kinetic energy is found to be 6427  then.
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A radioactive sample of U238 decay to Pb through a process for which half life is 4.5×109 years. The ratio of number of nuclei of Pb to U238 after a time of 1.5×109 years (given 21/3=1.26)
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The half-life of the radioactive radon is 3.8 days. The time, at the end of which 120 th of the radon sample will remain undecayed is (given log10e=0.4343)
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Match list-I of the nuclear processes with a list-II containing parent nucleus and one of the end products of each process and then select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List-I List-II
P Alpha decay 1 Question Image
Q β+-decay 2 Question Image
R Fission 3 Question Image
S Proton emission 4 P94239uL57140a+.......
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The mean lives of radioactive substances are 1620 y and 405 y for α- emission and β- emission respectively. Find out the time during which three-fourth of a sample will decay if it is decaying both by α- emission and β- emission simultaneously.
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A nucleus with Z=9292$ emits the following in a sequence :α,α,β-,β-,α,α,α,α,β-β-,α,β+, β+,α. The Z of the resulting nucleus is-
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After 200 days the activity of a radioactive sample reduces to 8000dps. After another 100 days the activity reduces to 80002dps. It can be said that
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Two animal bone fragments were found in an archaeological site with ages t1 & t2 respectively. If the ratio of original activity to present activity for two bone fragments are x and y respectively, find the correct graph.
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A nucleus of 21082Po originally at rest emits α-particle with speed ν. What will be the recoil speed of the daughter nucleus?
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The half-life of radium is 1620 years and its atomic weight is 226 kg per kilomol . The number of atoms that will decay from its 1 gm sample per second will be
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Ninety percent of a radioactive sample is left over after a time interval t. The percentage of initial sample that will disintegrate in an interval 2t is
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A radioactive nucleus with decay constant 0.5  s 1 is being produced at a constant rate of 100 nuclei s-1. If at t=0, there were no nuclei, the time when there are 50 nuclei is
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Which of the following process represents a γ -decay?
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Two nuclei have mass numbers in the ratio 1:8. The ratio of their nuclear radii would be:
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One Becquerel is defined as
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For a certain radioactive substance, it is observed that after 4 h, only 6.25% of the original sample is left undecayed. If follows that
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 92U235 undergoes successive disintegrations with the end product of  82Pb203. The number of α anβ- particles emitted are
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The specific activity (per g) of Radium is nearly,
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Which one of the following nuclear transformation is (np) type?