Radioactivity

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Radioactivity: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Radioactivity, Zone of Stability, Alpha Particle and its Properties, Beta Particle and its Properties, Gamma Rays and its Properties, Difference between Alpha & Beta and Gamma Radiations etc.

Important Questions on Radioactivity

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 An α-particle of energy 10 Mev is scattered through 180o by a fixed uranium nucleus. Calculate the order of distance of the closest approach?

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If an α-particle collides head-on with a nucleus, what is its impact parameter?

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In which of the following, no change in mass number of the daughter nuclei takes place?
(i) α decay       (ii) β decay         (iii) γ decay        (iv) Neutron decay

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In the chain reaction.

U92238Ba+Kr+3n01+ energy E

neutrons and energy produced at n th step will be

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Which of the following is electromagentic wave:

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 227Ac has a half-life of 22 years with respect to radioactive decay. The decay follows two parallel paths:  227Ac  227Th and  227Ac 223Fr . If the percentage of the two daughter nuclides are 2.0 and 98.0 , respectively the decay constant (in year-1 ) for  227Ac  227Th path is closest to

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At radioactive equilibrium, the ratio between number of atoms of radioactive elements A and B is 3.1×109 :1. If the half-life period of A is 2×1010 yrs, then the half-life of B is

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How many numbers of neutrons will be present in newly formed compound when two α particle and one β particle are emitted from 94244M ?

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The number of neutrons accompanying the formation of 54 139 Xe and 38 94 Sr from the adsorption of a slow neutron by 92 235 U followed by nuclear reaction is.

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A photon of hard gamma radiation knocks a proton out of 1 2 2 4 Mg  the nucleus to form.