Theory of Radioactive Disintegration

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Theory of Radioactive Disintegration: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Activity of a Radioactive Substance, Units of Radioactivity, Magic Numbers & Liquid Drop Model etc.

Important Questions on Theory of Radioactive Disintegration

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The half life of a radioactive isotope is three hours. If the initial mass of the isotope were 256 g, the mass of it remaining undecayed after 18 hours would be

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If M is atomic mass, A is a mass number, What is meaning of  M-AA?

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Define magic numbers of nucleus of an atom.

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The half-life of K40 is 1.28×109 years. What mass of this nuclide (in mg) has an activity of 1.00 μCi?

(Given NA=6.023×1023)

Report your answer up to two places of decimal.

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If 5 g of a radioactive substance has t12=14 h, 20 g of the same substance will have a t12 equal to

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The rate of the process: CuNi+e+10

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Radioactive disintegration rate is affected by

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Half-life of a radioactive sample is 2x years. What fraction of this sample will remain undecayed after x years?

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Which of the following statements are correct?

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Which of the following statements are correct?

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The mass defect of the nuclear reaction B854Be8+1e0 is Δm. The wrong expression is/are

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The mass defect of the nuclear reaction B854Be8+1e0 is Δm. The wrong expression is/are

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Mass of 1 amu gives energy equal to

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For two different disintegration half-lives are equal at equilibrium. This is possible when

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One becquerel of radioactivity is equal to

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The nuclide lying below the stability belt in n-p graph does not disintegrate by

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A radioactive nuclide generally disintegrates by α-emission when its N/P ratio is

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The number of stable isotopes is the least when the number of neutrons and protons in the isotopes are, respectively,

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The binding energy per nucleon of O16 is 7.97 MeV and that of O17 is 7.75 MeV. The energy in MeV required to remove a neutron from O17 is

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STATEMENT-1: Specific activity of the same radioactive substance is same for 10g radioactive substance as well as 50g radioactive substance.

STATEMENT-2: Specific activity of a radioactive substance is its activity per g.