Stability of Nucleus

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Stability of Nucleus: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Theories of Nuclear Stability, Forces Acting in the Nucleus, Mass Defect & Binding Energy etc.

Important Questions on Stability of Nucleus

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The ratio of the em (specific charge) values of a electron and an α-particle is

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A new radionucleide is obtained from the radionucleide  90234Th through two successive β -decays followed by one α -decay. The atomic number and the mass number respectively of the resulting radionucleide is

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What is the binding energy (in J/mol or kJ/mol) of an electron in a metal, whose threshold frequency for photon electron is 2.5×1014s-1 ?

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The isotope 92238U decays successively to form 90234Th, 91234Pa, 92234U, 90230Th and 88226Ra , The radiations emitted in these five steps are

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A first order reaction takes 40 min for 30% decomposition, the t1/2 value will be

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If 8 g of a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 10 hrs, then the half-life of 2g of the same substance is

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In nuclear reaction,

Li37+ H11 2He24

The mass loss is nearly 0.02 amu. Hence, the energy released (in units of million kcal/mol) in the process is approximately

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Identify the wrong statement.

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The minimum energy of 1 photon that can produce an electron - positron pair is :